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[[Image:Thomassowell.jpg|thumbnail|150px|right|Thomas Sowell]]
'''Thomas Sowell''' (born June 30, 1930) is [[America]]'s most famous African American [[conservative]] author. His book Among his many other books, ''A Conflict of Visions'' contrasts the political beliefs of the modern left and right.<ref>[http://www.conservativemonitor.com/top-ten/conflict-of-visions.shtml A Conflict of Visions, by Thomas Sowell]</ref> Sowell has a Ph.D in [[Economics]] from [[University of Chicago]] along with an undergraduate degree from [[Harvard University]], and is currently a Senior Fellow at [[Stanford University]]'s Hoover Institution.<ref>http://www.tsowell.com/cv.html</ref><ref>https://www.hoover.org/profiles/thomas-sowell</ref>
Sowell, who cites [[George Will]] as a personal influence, prefers writing for popular audiences over writing for more "academic" settings, saying that "writing for the general public enables him to address the heart of issues without the smoke and mirrors that so often accompany academic writing".<ref>http://www.capmag.com/author.asp?name=3</ref>
