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This book is geared to the average citizen with little or no economics background who would like the tools to think critically about economic issues. Many of today's economic issues are obscured by their inherent complexity and the often confusing and conflicting views coming from political talking heads. Sowell, a leading conservative economist and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, seeks to alleviate this confusion.
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Great book.
- De Dave Marks en 10-12-21
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Intellectuals and Race
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
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Intellectuals and Race is a radical book in the original sense - one that goes to the root of the problem. The role of intellectuals in racial strife is explored in an international context that puts the American experience in a wholly new light. The book explores the incentives, the visions, and the rationales that drive intellectuals at the highest levels to conclusions that have often turned out to be counterproductive and even disastrous, not only for particular racial or ethnic groups but for societies as a whole.
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A Satisfying Indictment of the Intelligentsia
- De Andrew en 12-27-16
De: Thomas Sowell
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The Economics and Politics of Race
- An International Perspective
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Robert Morris
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Using an international framework, Sowell analyzes how much a racial group’s economic fate is determined by the surrounding society and how much by internal patterns that follow that same group around the world.
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Very interesting material, with not very good audi
- De Martin P. Rodgers en 04-03-13
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The Quest for Cosmic Justice
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
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This book is about the great moral issues underlying many of the headline-making political controversies of our times. It is not a comforting book but a book about disturbing and dangerous trends. The Quest for Cosmic Justice shows how confused conceptions of justice end up promoting injustice, how confused conceptions of equality end up promoting inequality, and how the tyranny of social visions prevents many people from confronting the actual consequences of their own beliefs and policies.
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First released 20 years ago & now a classic!
- De Wayne en 11-05-18
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A Personal Odyssey
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Jeff Riggenbach
- Duración: 10 h y 54 m
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Here is the gritty, powerful story of Thomas Sowell's life-long education in the school of hard knocks, a journey that took him from Harlem to the Marines, the Ivy League, and a career as a controversial writer, teacher, and economist in government and private industry. It is also the story of the dramatically changing times in which this personal odyssey took place.
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Thomas Sowell: An American treasure!
- De Wayne en 06-30-20
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Civil Rights
- Rhetoric or Reality?
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: James Bundy
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Thomas Sowell takes a tough, factual look at whether the civil rights movement has lived up to its hopes or its rhetoric. In the decades since the historic Supreme Court decision on desegregation, who has gained and who has lost? Which of the assumptions behind the civil rights revolution have stood the test of time, and which have proven to be mistaken or even catastrophic to those who were supposed to be helped?
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Thomas Sowell is the is the Vision of the US
- De DCS en 01-30-16
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Dismantling America
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
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These wide-ranging essays - on many individual political, economic, cultural, and legal issues - have as a recurring, underlying theme the decline of the values and institutions that have sustained and advanced American society for more than two centuries. This decline has been more than erosion. It has, in many cases, been a deliberate dismantling of American values and institutions by people convinced that their superior wisdom and virtue must override both the traditions of the country and the will of the people.
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Nice Collection of Essays
- De Laura en 09-01-11
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Wealth, Poverty, and Politics
- An International Perspective
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: David Cochran Heath
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In Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in the country, argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion about income inequality in America. Pundits and politically motivated economists trumpet ambiguous statistics and sensational theories while ignoring the true determinant of income inequality: the production of wealth.
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A paradigm shift on the subject of equality
- De Steven Schardein en 10-02-15
De: Thomas Sowell
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Intellectuals and Society
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Tom Weiner
- Duración: 11 h y 22 m
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This is a study of how intellectuals as a class affect modern societies by shaping the climate of opinion in which official policies develop, on issues ranging from economics to law to war and peace. You will hear a withering and clear-eyed critique about (but not for) intellectuals that explores their impact on public opinion, policy, and society at large.
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Biased but good
- De Justin en 05-06-10
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Is Reality Optional?
- And Other Essays
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Leon Nixon
- Duración: 7 h y 24 m
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Thomas Sowell challenges all the assumptions of contemporary liberalism on issues ranging from the economy to race to education in this collection of controversial essays, and captures his thoughts on politics, race, and common sense with a section at the end for thought-provoking quotes.
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Amazing!
- De Anonymous User en 09-28-22
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Inside American Education
- The Decline, The Deception, The Dogmas
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 11 h y 54 m
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An indictment of the American educational system criticizes the fact that the system has discarded the traditional goals of transmitting knowledge and fostering cognitive skills in favor of building self-esteem and promoting social harmony.
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Must read if you want to understand the condition in America
- De Aaron en 12-21-21
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Applied Economics
- Thinking Beyond Stage One: Second Edition
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Bill Wallace
- Duración: 11 h y 37 m
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Applied Economics is an accessible guide to how our economic decisions develop. It explains the application of economics to major world problems, including housing, medical care, discrimination, and the economic development of nations. The book is based on an international view of economics, includes examples from around the world, and shows how certain incentives and constraints produce similar outcomes among disparate peoples and cultures.
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Look at the long term...it's important!
- De Eunice en 07-20-09
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Economic Facts and Fallacies
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Jeff Riggenbach
- Duración: 9 h y 45 m
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Economic Facts and Fallacies is designed for people who want to understand economic issues without getting bogged down in economic jargon, graphs, or political rhetoric. Writing in a lively manner that does not require any prior knowledge of economics, Thomas Sowell exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues, including many that are widely disseminated in the media and by politicians.
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Good with salt...
- De Michael en 05-08-08
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Marxism
- Philosophy and Economics
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Christopher Louis
- Duración: 7 h y 13 m
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Marxism is a term that many people freely use, but few seem to grasp its implications. Sowell's book is the antidote to this problem. He writes in a fluid and easy-to-follow manner, leading the listener through the Marxian scheme of ideas. Along the way, he shatters some existing interpretations of Marx-interpretations that have developed through repetition rather than through scholarship.
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A must read, but a hard one!
- De Keyvan en 09-19-16
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Compassion Versus Guilt and Other Essays
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Michael Kevin
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Sociologist-economist Sowell, a noted conservative, offers opinions on social and foreign policy, law, education, and race, criticizing the trend of American politics since Reagan and reserving his sharpest criticism for special-interest groups.
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A Great Mind
- De Jon en 12-16-06
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A Conflict of Visions
- Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Michael Edwards
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In this book, which the author calls a "culmination of 30 years of work in the history of ideas", Sowell attempts to explain the ideological difference between liberals and conservatives as a disagreement over the moral potential inherent in nature. Those who see that potential as limited prefer to constrain governmental authority, he argues. They feel that reform is difficult and often dangerous, and put their faith in family, custom, law, and traditional institutions.
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Critical read for 2008 change election
- De Elaine C Grimes en 06-05-08
De: Thomas Sowell
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The Vision of the Anointed
- Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Jim Seybert
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The Vision of the Anointed is a devastating critique of the mindset behind the failed social policies of the past thirty years. Thomas Sowell sees what has happened not as a series of isolated mistakes, but as a logical consequence of a vision whose defects have led to disasters in education, crime, family disintegration, and other social pathology. In this book, "politically correct" theory is repeatedly confronted with facts-and sharp contradictions between the two are explained in terms of a whole set of self-congratulatory assumptions held by political and intellectual elites.
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An Absolute Masterpiece!
- De Brendan Martino en 04-04-22
De: Thomas Sowell
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Housing Boom and Bust
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- Ezekiel
- 05-16-10
From Opinionated to Informed
Like his other books, Sowell lays out a very concise argument without delving overly deep into the data. That's not to say this book is not well supported, quite the opposite. The only change I would make is to have someone a bit more vibrant narrate. This is pretty heavy material.
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- Sharon B.
- 03-30-21
Should be Required Reading for all
An easy to understand analysis of the dangers of government intervention over the years through over-reach under the guise of good intentions. Listen, anyone who reads or listens to this book will relate to the overwhelming facts and common sense analysis between the negative effects of government policy overreach vs success of allowing market forces and people manage their own financial lives. Dr. Sowell should be lauded for simply presenting what every politician should have learned from past policy mistakes before they enact more bad policies. This book definitely is very relevant to understanding how bad most of the covid stimulus spending is for our country. Only voters can change this behavior. Smaller government should be the goal for all, not more intrusion and control.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-02-21
Sowell's books are my favorite economics
Sowell's books are my favorite economics literature. he explains things so clearly that even someone with little Econ background can get a lot from them
They should be staples of all University libraries
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- Adolphe
- 08-04-09
Inciteful Non partisan blame
I read other reviews of this book before buying. The ones who rated it poorly seemed never to have read the book in its entirety.
Mr Sowell is a gifted communicator. He backs up his view with facts and statistics. He implicates those who deserve blame regardless of political affiliation, or business affiliation. He calls it like he sees it and I concur with the evidenciary findings he brings to light.
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- David
- 10-10-09
Exactly what I suspected all along
Sowell laid it out plainly and simply with the inclusion of a broad set of facts and supporting data. Copious amounts of greed (corporate, individual and government personnel), ignorance, and arrogance were the cause of this crisis. No wonder Dr. Michael Savage calls Liberalism a mental disorder...
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- Sam Motes
- 01-28-14
Sowell's take on housing debacle
Yet another look at the causes of the Great Recession of 2098 but this time from the mind of the eminent economist Thomas Sowell. Sowell points out how bad regulations and other interventions lead to the collapse.
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- Adventure Boy
- 12-31-20
Clear, short explanation of the subprime meltdown
Particularly good at demonstrating the hipocrosy of politicians who pilloried bankers for the crisis when their own policies and regulations contributed to it.
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- Arty
- 04-21-21
Phenomenal
While it is true that Sowell could and probably should have been more thorough in providing an account of the many causes behind the meltdown, he brings attention to an oft-ignored cause. The federal crusade for affordable housing is as much a culprit as corporate greed behind a worldwide depression.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-25-21
History does, indeed, repeat itself.
Great book. Great insights into our world, if only more people would read it.
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- Julie Napier
- 08-01-21
great read educational. must read easy to understa
great read educational. must read easy to understand. love the voice of the speaker.
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