Thomas Sowell. Basic, $29.99 (448p) ISBN 978-0-465-02250-2 Prolific and award-winning economist Sowell presents an engaging and accessible collection of short essays culled from his books and columns.

Thomas Sowell has just published a revised and enlarged edition of his classic “Wealth, Poverty and Politics.” At the very beginning, he quotes Alexander Hamilton, who said, “The wealth of ...

Two recent events — one on the East Coast and one on the West Coast — raise painful questions about whether we are really serious when we say that we want better education for minority children.

Thomas Sowell is sitting in my chair. He’d driven in to Stanford University from his home 50 miles away, and since he’s 86 years old, the least I could do was to let him choose between the two ...