to add to this I would say Konkin is a decent libertarian pragmatist, though not at all very philosophical
en.wikipedia.org
dude would love bitcoin
not much because I'm not a sociologist and neither is sowell and if he was right it wouldn't surprise me and those lukewarm tidbits of historical musings are distractions in the face of the giant problems society faces today
I read an article of his regarding IQ distributions. It had an interesting point. Women tend to have -on average- more average and slightly lower IQ than males. With one exception, and that was blacks. Black women were five times more likely to have an IQ score of 140 than black men.
that kind of info is interesting but not really and it definitely ain't literature or philosophy
Ignore the naysayers. He's a fantastic introduction to consistent conservative ideas. He has some good quips too. Basic Economics is the smoothest redpill there is.
I can tell you're not a "fan of libertarianism" and are really just a leftist projecting because leftists are the only ones who ever take offense to the existence of black Republicans. People like you routinely make it an issue by accusing Republicans of doing exactly what Democrats do, which is to prop up black people to be used as a political shields. It's why you can't even comprehend or give credence to the possibility that Thomas Sowell is actually loved by conservatives because he deserves it.
Buckley loved him
Dummys. Sowells writing is absolutely brilliant. Some concept of his are surely not completely up to date, but if you have the opportunity to read him it's completely foolish not to do so.
Best book is Knowledge and Decisions. Some one likened reading it to eating a dense whole wheat bread without anything on it. It's a good analogy for reading that particular book.
Sowell a best
His section on the history of slavery should be required reading in every high school
hes smart but for some reason still a partisan it seems??? does he even go to church?
I've read Basic Economics, Black Rednecks White Liberals, read some of his articles, and have seen him in a few interviews.
I like him. He's clearly very well educated and is able to explain complex ideas in simple and concise terms without losing the value of those ideas in the process. (Some on here would disagree it seems.)
The only critique I have of him is that he is not only very partial to his own philosophies (school of Milton Friedman basically), but completely dismisses any other ideas as laughable. You do have to separate objective fact from what is clearly ideology.