41K views · 852 reactions | “Socialism is a wonderful sounding idea. It’s only as a reality that it’s disastrous.” Famed economist Thomas Sowell spoke with FOX Business' David Asman on the dangers of socialism, adding that many who support socialism today "don't pay much attention to evidence." https://fxn.ws/2TvBV7X | Fox Business | Facebook

Thomas Sowell (born June 30, 1930) is an American author, economist, and political commentator who is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Sowell is the author of more than 45 books (including revised and new editions) on a variety of subjects including politics, economics, education and race, and he has been a syndicated columnist in more than 150 newspapers. Sowell was born in segregated Gastonia, North Carolina, to a poor family, and grew up in Harlem, New York Ci