Cascade Policy Institute was recently joined by Wall Street Journal columnist Jason L. Riley for a discussion about his newly published book, MAVERICK: A Biography of Thomas Sowell. 

Listen to Cascade's Vice President of Research Dr. Eric Fruits interview Jason Riley about Thomas Sowell's contributions to economic and social thought and about how Sowell's writings remain relevant in the present day. Their wide-ranging conversation covers topics from social inequality to minimum wage laws to race in America. 

Jason L. Riley is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a columnist for the Wall Street Journal. He is the author of several previous books, including Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed.