The sad thing is that he won't be around forever. If only we could clone him! Still, for 84, he looks pretty good and is still going strong -- at least mentally -- and I think physically as well. Sowell grew up in the American South under appalling conditions of segregation and poverty. He later moved to Harlem where he was forced to drop out of school at the age of 17 due to financial difficulties and problems at home. However, he went on to attend night classes at Howard University, and eventually scored so high on the College Board exams that he was recommended to Harvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1958, eventually receiving his Ph.D in economics from the University of Chicago in 1968. He has since become one of the most prolific and influential economic writers in history, someone whose books are read and understood equally well by the educated layman as by professional colleagues. (Edited by William Dwyer on 8/22, 5:05pm)
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