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Thomas Sowell

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Thomas Sowell ( SOHL; born June 30, 1930) is an American economist, social philosopher, and political commentator. He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. With widely published commentary and books—and as a guest on TV and radio—he is a well-known voice in the American conservative movement as a prominent black conservative. He was a recipient of the National Humanities Medal from President George W. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Sowell has received more than 7,750,152 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Thomas Sowell is the 228th most popular economist (down from 213th in 2019), the 4,149th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,729th in 2019) and the 78th most popular American Economist.

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  • 32

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  • 1.87

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  • 4.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Thomas Sowell ranks 228 out of 414. Before him are Martín de Azpilcueta, Nassau William Senior, Olivier Blanchard, David D. Friedman, Jules Dupuit, and Paul Milgrom. After him are Albert O. Hirschman, Leopold von Wiese, Harold Innis, Fritz Machlup, Philip H. Dybvig, and Ellen Swallow Richards.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Thomas Sowell ranks 263. Before him are Robert Prosky, Gianfranco Parolini, Philip Bosco, Stanley Myers, David Huddleston, and Jan P. Syse. After him are Frank Carlucci, June Almeida, Jesús Garay, Anne Francis, Lois Smith, and Kalevi Sorsa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Sowell ranks 4,149 out of 20,380. Before him are Gregory Benford (1941), Alan Sokal (1955), Nick Cravat (1912), Milt Jackson (1923), John Henry Schwarz (1941), and Michael Gazzaniga (1939). After him are Kenny Roberts (1951), Merce Cunningham (1919), Nancy Meyers (1949), Alice Brady (1892), Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909), and William Larned (1872).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Thomas Sowell ranks 78. Before him are Peter Senge (1947), Mancur Olson (1932), William Baumol (1922), Chester Barnard (1886), David D. Friedman (1945), and Paul Milgrom (1948). After him are Philip H. Dybvig (1955), Ellen Swallow Richards (1842), Arthur Melvin Okun (1928), Robert Barro (1944), Edward Chamberlin (1899), and Greg Mankiw (1958).

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