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Thomas Sowell

American Economist
Date of Birth : 30 Jun, 1930
Place of Birth : Gastonia, North Carolina, United States
Profession : Economist, Journalist, Author
Nationality : American
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Thomas Sowell is an American economist, social philosopher, and political commentator. He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. With widely published commentary and books—and as a guest on TV and radio—he became a well-known voice in the American conservative movement as a prominent black conservative. 

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Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children. In an age of artificial intelligence, they are creating artificial stupidity.
It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.
The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.
Racism is not dead, but it is on life support -- kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as 'racists'
One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain.
When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.
What exactly is your 'fair share' of what 'someone else' has worked for?
You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible.
When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.
What do you call it when someone steals someone else's money secretly? Theft. What do you call it when someone takes someone else's money openly by force? Robbery. What do you call it when a politician takes someone else's money in taxes and gives it to someone who is more likely to vote for him? Social Justice.