Nginike uhlu lwezincwadi ezintathu ezibhalwe uThomas Sowell nokuthi zikhuluma ngani.
Context:Kuze kube entwasahlobo ka-1972, uSowell wayengumDemokhrasi obhalisiwe, okwathi ngemuva kwalokho washiya iDemocratic Party futhi wanquma ukungazihlanganisi nanoma yiliphi iqembu lezepolitiki futhi, wathi "Nganginengeke kakhulu ngababili abavotelwa ukuthi angizange ngivote nhlobo". Nakuba evame ukuchazwa njengomuntu omnyama ogcina izimiso, uSowell wathi, "Ngikhetha ukungabi namalebula, kodwa ngisola ukuthi 'umgqugquzeli wenkululeko' uzongifanela kangcono kunabanye abaningi, nakuba ngingavumelani nomzabalazo wokugqugquzela inkululeko ezintweni eziningana". Uchazwe njengomunye wabameli abavelele kakhulu be-classical liberalism yanamuhla kanye noFriedrich Hayek noLarry Arnhart. USowell ubhala ngokuyinhloko ngezihloko zezomnotho, evame ukukhuthaza indlela yemakethe yamahhala ekapitali. USowell uphikisana neFederal Reserve, ethi iye yahluleka ukuvimbela ukuwohloka komnotho nokunciphisa izinga lokwehla kwamandla emali. USowell wachaza isifundo sakhe sikaKarl Marx encwadini yakhe ethi autobiography; njengoba ayengumMarxist ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe waphelelwa yithemba ngawo, uphikisana ngokuqinile noMarxism, enikeza ukugxekwa encwadini yakhe ethi Marxism: Philosophy and Economics (1985).  USowell futhi ubhale izincwadi ezintathu ezikhuluma ngemibono nezimo zezombusazwe, kufaka phakathi i-A Conflict of Visions, lapho ekhuluma khona ngemvelaphi yezingxabano zezombusazwe; i-The Vision of the Anointed, lapho aqhathanisa khona imibono yezwe elondolozayo / yenkululeko kanye ne-liberal / ethuthukile; kanye ne-The Quest for Cosmic Justice, lapho, njengakwezinye izincwadi zakhe eziningi, eveza khona umbono wakhe wesidingo esizwakala ngabahlakaniphile, osopolitiki, nabaholi ukulungisa nokwenza umhlaba ube ngcono ngezindlela ze-utopian futhi ekugcineni, uthi, imfashini eyinhlekelele. Ehlukile kulolu chungechunge, kodwa futhi ekhuluma ngalolu daba, wabhala i-Intellectuals and Society, eyakha emsebenzini wakhe wangaphambilini, lapho exoxa khona ngalokho athi yi-hubris eyimpumputhe nobuhlanya bezingqondo ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene.  Incwadi yakhe ethi Knowledge and Decisions, eyanqoba umklomelo we-1980 weLaw and Economics Center Prize, yamenyezelwa 'njengencwadi eyingqopha-mlando,' ekhethelwe lo mklomelo "ngenxa yomnikelo wayo onamandla ekuqondeni kwethu umehluko phakathi kwenqubo yemakethe nenqubo kahulumeni". Lapho imemezela lo mklomelo, isikhungo samdumisa uSowell, "owanikela ngokuqonda kwethu inqubo yokulawula kuphela okwenza le ncwadi ibaluleke, kodwa ngokugcizelela kabusha ukwehluka nokusebenza kahle okwenziwa yimakethe, umsebenzi [wakhe] uya ngokujulile futhi uba obaluleke nakakhulu". UFriedrich Hayek wabhala: "Ngendlela engavamile ngokuphelele [uSowell] uphumelela ekuhumusheni ingxoxo engaqondakali neyombono ibe ingxoxo eqondile neyiqiniso yezinkinga eziyinhloko zenqubomgomo yezomnotho yanamuhla".  USowell uphikisana nokumiswa kwamaholo aphansi ohulumeni, ethi encwadini yakhe ethi Basic Economics "Ngeshwa, umholo ophansi wangempela uhlala uyi-zero, kungakhathalekile imithetho, futhi lowo ngumholo otholwa ngabasebenzi abaningi ngemuva kokwakhiwa noma ukwanda komholo ophansi owenziwe nguhulumeni, ngoba balahlekelwa yimisebenzi yabo noma behluleka ukuthola imisebenzi lapho bengena emsebenzini". Uyaqhubeka athi amaholo amancane athinta ngokungafanele "amalungu amaqembu ezinhlanga noma ezinhlanga ezincane" aye abandlululwa. Uthi "Ngaphambi kokuba kusungulwe imithetho yomholo omncane kahulumeni ngawo-1930, izinga lokungasebenzi kwabantu abamnyama laliphansi kancane kunezinga lokungasebenzi kwabantu abamhlophe ngo-1930. Kodwa kwalandela uMthetho kaDavis-Bacon ka-1931, uMthetho Kazwelonke Wokuvuselelwa Kwezimboni (i-NIRA) ka-1933 kanye noMthetho Wezindinganiso Zomsebenzi Olinganiselayo (i-FLSA) ka-1938 <unk> konke okwakumisela amaholo amancane aqokwe nguhulumeni, kungaba emkhakheni othile noma kabanzi... Ngo-1954, amazinga abantu abamnyama abangasebenzi ayephindwe kabili kunawabantu abamhlophe futhi aye aqhubeka esendaweni efanayo noma ephakeme. Labo abaye bahlukunyezwa kakhulu ukungaqashwa okuye kwaphumela kukho abesilisa abamnyama abasebasha".  USowell uphinde asekele ukuthi zonke izidakamizwa zingabe zisabhekwa njengezigebengu. Uphikisana nemithetho yokulawula izibhamu, ethi, "Ngokulinganisela okuphelele, azisindisi izimpilo, kodwa zibiza izimpilo".
Okulandelayo amagama nezincazelo ezifingqiwe zezincwadi ezintathu uThomas Sowell azibhala: - Ulwazi Nezinqumo: Le ncwadi ixoxa ngomehluko phakathi kwezinqubo zemakethe nohulumeni - The Vision of the Anointed: Le ncwadi iqhathanisa imibono yezwe evikelayo nevulekile - A Conflict of Visions: Le ncwadi ibukeza umsuka wokungezwani kwezombangazwe