OK, I take that back. I have no basis to believe that Sowell “hates” Trump, so that stretch of mine was not fair.
I read parts of Sowell’s economics book years back. But I think Trump has rewritten the rules on how to successfully deal with foreign trade problems, especially stopping the export of jobs to other nations and protecting domestic manufacturing of steel and other key economic infrastructure.
What we learned from Trump is that too much foreign deficits hollows out our manufacturing and is net destroyer of the country. And the Trump doctrine challenges the hard line laissez-faire economics that Sowell taught.
I did a quick search and could not find a story where Sowell praised Trump for anything. But then again, a Google search on Trump matters doesn’t often come up with praise.
Like you, I do like Walter Williams very much.
“The tweet included a video shared by libertarian radio host Larry Elder that showed economist Thomas Sowell talking about the economy under the Trump administration, which specifically targeted Krugman’s past predictions.
“The economy is booming in a way that no one had predicted,” Sowell said in the clip. “People like Paul Krugman were saying that when Trump gets in, the economy is going to tank. No, the economy hit new highs.” (video was apparently from 2018)