Economist Thomas Sowell portrays himself (and is portrayed by others) as a fearless defender of Cold Hard Fact against leftist idealogues. His work is a pseudoscholarly sham, and he peddles mindless, factually unreliable free market dogma.

The financial expert and author of “Permanent Distortion” gives insight into the real ways that money moves.

Today’s left seems less inclined to critique advertising, consumerism, and pop culture. Should we be more skeptical?

Most of us aren’t in the ownership class, so the fluctuations of the market don’t make much of a difference to our lives.

A look back at the bestselling book franchise that taught people to “think like economists,” by which it meant “think cynically and amorally.”

Government social spending dramatically reduced poverty, hunger, and inequality and led to increased wages, showing why we need more of such spending, not less.

What is the Federal Reserve, and who put it in charge? Is there no other way to fight inflation? Just what the hell is going on here?

If the rich customers of Silicon Valley Bank deserve to be protected from economic hardship by the government, what about the rest of us?