Thomas Sowell

A leading conservative intellectual defends charter schools against the teachers' unions, politicians, and liberal educators who threaten to dismantle their success.The black-white educational achievement gap…

Sowell presents a devastating critique of the mind-set behind the failed social policies of the past thirty years. Sowell sees what has happened during that…

An enlarged edition of Thomas Sowell's brilliant examination of the origins of economic disparitiesEconomic and other outcomes differ vastly among individuals, groups, and nations. Many…

In Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in this country, argues that political and ideological struggles have led…

The bestselling citizen's guide to economics Basic Economics is a citizen's guide to economics, written for those who want to understand how the economy works…

Thomas Sowell's incisive critique of the intellectuals' destructive role in shaping ideas about race in America Intellectuals and Race is a radical book in the…

The influence of intellectuals is not only greater than in previous eras but also takes a very different form from that envisioned by those like…

A one-volume introduction to over three decades of the wide-ranging writings of one of America's most respected and cited authors These selections from the many…

Economic Facts and Fallacies exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues-and does so in a lively manner and without requiring any prior…

These wide-ranging essays -- on many individual political, economic, cultural and legal issues -- have as a recurring, underlying theme the decline of the values…

This is a plain-English explanation of how we got into the current economic disaster that developed out of the economics and politics of the housing…

The application of economics to major contemporary real world problems -- housing, medical care, discrimination, the economic development of nations -- is the theme of…

The painful and baffling mystery as to why some obviously bright children do not begin talking until long after the "normal" time is explored in…

This classic work by the distinguished economist traces the history of nine American ethnic groups -- the Irish, Germans, Jews, Italians, Chinese, African-Americans, Puerto Ricans,…

Controversies in politics arise from many sources, but the conflicts that endure for generations or centuries show a remarkably consistent pattern. In this classic work,…

The Einstein Syndrome is a follow-up to Late-Talking Children, which established Thomas Sowell as a leading spokesman on the subject of late-talking children. While many…

This book is the culmination of 15 years of research and travels that have taken the author completely around the world twice, as well as…

Most commentators look at the issue of immigration from the viewpoint of immediate politics. In doing so, they focus on only a piece of the…

With a new preface by the author, this reissue of Thomas Sowell's classic study of decision making updates his seminal work in the context of…

Encompassing more than a decade of research around the globe, this book shows that cultural capital has far more impact than politics, prejudice, or genetics…