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Controversial essays, Thomas Sowell, (electronic resource)

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One of conservatism's most articulate voices dissects today's most important economic, racial, political, education, legal, and social issues, sharing his entertaining and thought-provoking insights on a wide range of contentious subjects. --This book contains an abundance of wisdom on a large number of economic issues. --Mises Review
Language
eng
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1 online resource (x, 321 pages).
Contents
  • Preface
  • Part I: Economic issues
  • Drugs and politics
  • The real revolutionaries
  • India unbound
  • Capital gains and "trickle down"
  • No sense of proportion
  • Headline news
  • Warrior in a 200-year war
  • The role of the rich
  • Perennial economic fallacies
  • Sweatshops at home and abroad
  • Sanity in San Francisco
  • The end of Montgomery Ward
  • "Saving" social security
  • Social security vs. privatization
  • Minimum journalism
  • Merit and money
  • Part II: Racial issues
  • Routine cruelty
  • Losing the race
  • Reparations for slavery?
  • The lessons of Indonesia
  • Blacks and bootstraps
  • "Racism" in word and deed
  • Sweeping success under the rug
  • Sorting by race
  • The magic word
  • Race and the new century
  • "Access" to responsibility
  • Part III: Political issues
  • Poverty and the left
  • "Useful idiots"
  • Facts versus dogma on guns
  • Global hot air
  • "Campaign finance reform" follies
  • Ugliness in Yosemite
  • State stealing
  • Loving enemies
  • Microsoft and campaign finance reform
  • Lying statistics
  • Are we still Americans?
  • Pacifism and war
  • Intended consequences
  • Islam and the West
  • Pandering to the anointed
  • Green bigots versus human beings
  • Another outrage
  • The best of the century
  • Part IV: Educational issues
  • The wrong filter
  • Too many Ph. D.s?
  • "No excuses"
  • Back door quotas
  • We are all "dropouts"
  • School to school?
  • The war against boys
  • "Research" marches on
  • Let's hear it for unfairness!
  • Does it add up?
  • Diversity versus "diversity"
  • Choosing a college
  • A painful history
  • "Forced to volunteer"
  • Drugging children
  • Goodbye to Sara and Benjamin?
  • Success concealing failure
  • The old neighborhood
  • Wasting minds
  • The "non-profit" halo
  • Do facts matter?
  • Part V: Legal issues
  • Property rites
  • Love those killers!
  • Microsoft and anti-trust "law"
  • Lessons not learned
  • Law on trial
  • Aborted knowledge
  • Murder is murder
  • McVeigh and the death penalty
  • Part VI: Social issues
  • Boomers and boomerangs
  • Deep trouble from shallow people
  • Thanksgiving and "fairness"
  • Was the ball juiced?
  • The dangers of "equality"
  • Is the family becoming extinct?
  • Life at the bottom
  • Gay marriage
  • The Einstein syndrome
  • Loose lips
  • "The duty to die"
  • Shocked by the obvious
  • Families and dictators
  • The "autism" dragnet
  • Racial profiling of authors
  • Chandra Levy clues
  • Barry and the babe
  • Media fraud
  • The insulation of the left
  • W. Glenn Campbell (1924-2001)
  • Part VII: Random thoughts
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9781306141369
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Controversial essays
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Controversial essays
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Thomas Sowell
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Language
eng
Summary
One of conservatism's most articulate voices dissects today's most important economic, racial, political, education, legal, and social issues, sharing his entertaining and thought-provoking insights on a wide range of contentious subjects. --This book contains an abundance of wisdom on a large number of economic issues. --Mises Review
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973.92
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E839.5
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.S63 2002eb
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Controversial essays, Thomas Sowell, (electronic resource)
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Controversial essays, Thomas Sowell, (electronic resource)
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Preface -- Part I: Economic issues -- Drugs and politics -- The real revolutionaries -- India unbound -- Capital gains and "trickle down" -- No sense of proportion -- Headline news -- Warrior in a 200-year war -- The role of the rich -- Perennial economic fallacies -- Sweatshops at home and abroad -- Sanity in San Francisco -- The end of Montgomery Ward -- "Saving" social security -- Social security vs. privatization -- Minimum journalism -- Merit and money -- Part II: Racial issues -- Routine cruelty -- Losing the race -- Reparations for slavery? -- The lessons of Indonesia -- Blacks and bootstraps -- "Racism" in word and deed -- Sweeping success under the rug -- Sorting by race -- The magic word -- Race and the new century -- "Access" to responsibility -- Part III: Political issues -- Poverty and the left -- "Useful idiots" -- Facts versus dogma on guns -- Global hot air -- "Campaign finance reform" follies -- Ugliness in Yosemite -- State stealing -- Loving enemies -- Microsoft and campaign finance reform -- Lying statistics -- Are we still Americans? -- Pacifism and war -- Intended consequences -- Islam and the West -- Pandering to the anointed -- Green bigots versus human beings -- Another outrage -- The best of the century -- Part IV: Educational issues -- The wrong filter -- Too many Ph. D.s? -- "No excuses" -- Back door quotas -- We are all "dropouts" -- School to school? -- The war against boys -- "Research" marches on -- Let's hear it for unfairness! -- Does it add up? -- Diversity versus "diversity" -- Choosing a college -- A painful history -- "Forced to volunteer" -- Drugging children -- Goodbye to Sara and Benjamin? -- Success concealing failure -- The old neighborhood -- Wasting minds -- The "non-profit" halo -- Do facts matter? -- Part V: Legal issues -- Property rites -- Love those killers! -- Microsoft and anti-trust "law" -- Lessons not learned -- Law on trial -- Aborted knowledge -- Murder is murder -- McVeigh and the death penalty -- Part VI: Social issues -- Boomers and boomerangs -- Deep trouble from shallow people -- Thanksgiving and "fairness" -- Was the ball juiced? -- The dangers of "equality" -- Is the family becoming extinct? -- Life at the bottom -- Gay marriage -- The Einstein syndrome -- Loose lips -- "The duty to die" -- Shocked by the obvious -- Families and dictators -- The "autism" dragnet -- Racial profiling of authors -- Chandra Levy clues -- Barry and the babe -- Media fraud -- The insulation of the left -- W. Glenn Campbell (1924-2001) -- Part VII: Random thoughts
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