title: Education: Assumptions versus History: Collected Papers (Hoover Institution Press Publication)
author:  Thomas Sowell 
description: Thomas Sowell&#160;is the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Among his published works are&#160;Basic Economics,&#160;Late Talking Children, and&#160;Race and Culture. He has also published in both academic journals and the popular media including&#160;Newsweek,&#160;Forbes, the&#160;Wall Street Journal, and 150 newspapers that carry his nationally syndicated column.
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  # The Best of Thomas Sowell
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Edited by Dean Kalahar
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  For everyone who has ever had their mind impacted by Thomas Sowell, and for
  those who have yet to experience his intellectual clarity, rarity, and
  dexterity.  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  Thank you Dr. Sowell for expanding our understanding of the world.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Who is Dr. Thomas Sowell?
  
  
  
  
  
  Thomas Sowell was born in North Carolina and grew up in Harlem. He moved out
  from home at an early age and did not finish high school. After a few tough
  years … read morehe joined the Marine Corps and became a photographer in the
  Korean War. After leaving the service, Sowell entered Harvard University,
  worked a part-time job as a photographer and studied the science that would
  become his passion and profession: economics.
  
  
  
  
  
  Sowell received his bachelor’s degree in economics (magna cum laude) from
  Harvard in 1958. He went on to 