MY WORLD VIEW OF THE ROLE MODELS

In my world view of modern Economics, it did attract me to the ideological positioning of the liberals with a countless number of it grounded scholars having a brilliantly argued theses in support of the liberal strand of Economic study for the ultimate purpose of the development of the society at large. To mention the names of the earlier patrons starting from the era of John Locke, Adam Smith, John Stuart Mills, and many others, space will not be sufficient to address all of them in a qualified context. However, my grounded interest in liberal thinking as a way of life was born out of the scholarly works of Friedrich A. Hayek. Then with my deep interest in monetarist economic reasoning, Milton Friedman became a household name on the list of role models. Then came Thomas Sowell as my cherished economist observed to me as a smart, stylish, and with a simplistic approach in addressing complex economic issues for the baby’s understanding.

Never did I know, he had such a wonderful relation with Milton Friedman as submitted in one of the intelligent writings of William Watters, Professor of Economics, George Mason University and I quote “By the way, Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman and George Stigler were two of Sowell’s tenacious mentors as a student at the University of Chicago”. This to me was a testament to the liberal tradition continuation.

Then it later became evident to me, there was a direct relation between my most loved role models, in the person of F. A. Hayek and Milton Friedman at the Society of Mont Pelerin. Which subscribe to a consistent uphold to the traditions of the ancestral fathers of the liberal school.

The nature of this article is to acknowledge and express gratitude to such great minds who ever lived and the one still living as a legend to me, Professor Thomas Sowell, expressing my sincere wish of divine blessings to him on his 90th Birthday.

I hold the belief that the African liberal community is most grateful to their intellectual works.

President of Frederic Bastiat Institute, Africa

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