A00161 - A Tale of Two Black Economists


It is June 24 and I have not yet begun reading my book of the month "Black Rednecks and White Liberals" by Thomas Sowell.  But that is not surprising, I am still only four-fifths of the way through "Autobiography of a Yogi" and I still need to finish the Notes for "Awe".  However, even before beginning Thomas Sowell's book, I stumbled tonight upon the bio for a contemporary black economist, Thaddeus Spratlen, and I was struck by the contrast in the lives of these two black economists and their vastly different economic perspectives. 



For those who have read Thomas Sowell's book or who are familiar with his economic philosophy, I wonder if it is at all beneficial to look at his personal background to better understand the foundation for his economic philosophy.  I wonder...

Peace,

Everett "Skip" Jenkins
Fairfield, California
June 24, 2023


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On my slow journey through Black History, I have now reached a "bump" that is causing me to stop and pull off to the side of the road.  The "bump" is the biography of one Thomas Sowell


and what causes me to pull off to the side of the road is a consideration of a Thomas Sowell book recommended by one of my Amherst College classmates entitled Black Rednecks and White Liberals


In reading the Wikipedia bio for Thomas Sowell, it appears that his brief stint at Amherst College in the late 1970s was one of the main reasons that he decided to abandon his academic teaching career.  Given all this, I am pausing in the month of June 2023 to read Black Rednecks and White Liberals, my Book of the Month for the Month of June 2023 to see if the Amherst men and women of the late 1970s performed the world a great service in helping to end Mr. Sowell's teaching career.

Y'all are welcome to join me.  Perhaps, by reading Professor Sowell's book, we all may experience a different kind of "awe".

Peace,

Everett "Skip" Jenkins

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