While often described as a
black conservative, he prefers not to be labeled, having stated, "I prefer not to have labels, but I suspect that '
libertarian' would suit me better than many others, although I disagree with the libertarian movement on a number of things".
[18] He primarily writes on economic subjects, generally advocating a
free market approach to
capitalism.
[19] Sowell opposes the
Federal Reserve, arguing that it has been unsuccessful in preventing economic depressions and limiting inflation.
[20]
Sowell also writes on racial topics and is a critic of
affirmative action and race-based quotas.
[21][22] On the topic of affirmative action, Sowell has stated it's "one of the few policies that can be said to harm virtually every group in a different way … Obviously, whites and Asians lose out when you have preferential admission for black students or Hispanic students—but blacks and Hispanics lose out because what typically happens is the students who have all the credentials to succeed in college are admitted to colleges where the standards are so much higher that they fail."
[23] He takes strong issue with the notion of government as a helper or savior of minorities, arguing that the historical record shows quite the opposite.
Sowell occasionally writes on the subject of
gun control, about which he has stated: "One can cherry-pick the factual studies, or cite some studies that have subsequently been discredited, but the great bulk of the studies show that gun control laws do not in fact control guns. On net balance, they do not save lives but cost lives.
Its time to honor a much maligned great black intellectual,Author and economist..
fire..they won the debate but sadly lost the war ..Piven and cloward went on to push their Agenda "helping" the maximum number of black women sign up for welfare and public housing...look how well that turned out
thoughts??
I read it ...i cant figure out your problem with it because the crux of the op ed is
He says himself ""I prefer not to have labels, but I suspect that 'libertarian' would suit me better than many others, although I disagree with the libertarian movement on a number of things"
why not...have you actually read or watched his debates? #Black excellence bruh
