I wish he were younger so that Trump could select him as his running mate. A truly intelligent man on so many topics beyond just economics, and at 93 he's still as sharp as a tack.
I’d love to see Prof Sowell in some economic adviser capacity to a Trump admin, if he were willing-but I’m sure he is making a nice living writing books and op-eds for financial publications right now. One of the few really sensible people in California...
Ever noticed that those who are still sharp and functioning well in their older years are people who have never stopped working, questioning, doing research, etc? Thomas Sowell and Prof Dershowitz come to mind right away. Working, questioning, being curious and involved has advantages, it seems.
Contrast that with FJB, who has probably never questioned or researched anything himself-other than how to grab off as much cash with a con as possible. We know he never really worked as a lawyer-or as anything else, for that matter, having been in politics most of his adult life-no curiosity, no desire to learn and do research-add a catastrophic brain injury in the 1980’s to that, and now, a load of psychotropic drugs, amphetamines and other drugs to make him look alive and you have a really f’ed up dude who does not need to be in charge of the nuke football...
I got interested in taking a couple of economics classes in college after reading some of Thomas Sowell’s writings on the subject. My degree is in social work, but I’m still as interested economics as I was then-it comes in handy sometimes...