Eli Steele

Experience Made Thomas Sowell’s Arguments About Agency More Persuasive

In a Hoover Institution discussion, Kimberley Strassel, Kemi Badenoch, Mike Steadman and Eli Steele traced Thomas Sowell’s influence to arguments that people are not defined by their identities or circumstances—and to readers’ ability to test those arguments against experience. They said wider media access has helped Sowell’s work reach new audiences, while noting that access does not guarantee equal visibility or make his ideas persuasive at every stage of life.