Thomas Sowell—the economist and columnist and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University—announced recently that he is retiring.
He’s been writing a column since the early 1970s—and when it comes to thinking in terms of worldview Thomas Sowell, has been one of the most significant figures now alive. In this area of worldview analysis, his most important book was 1987’s “A Conflict of Visions.” Sowell began, and I quote, “One of the curious things about political opinions is how often the same people line up on opposite sides of different issues….” The issues vary, he continues, “yet the same familiar faces can be found glaring at each other from opposite sides of the political fence, again and again.”
His conclusion: “They have different visions of how the world works.”
That’s Sowell’s way of saying they have different worldviews, and that worldview is so fundamental that it determines everything else.
Thomas Sowell has ended his writing career at age 86. He will be missed.
