Thomas sowell of stanford universitys hoover institution talks with econtalk host russ roberts about the ideas in his new book, economic facts and fallacies. Economic facts and fallacies quotes by thomas sowell. With this groundbreaking introduction to economics, sowell has thrown out the graphs, statistics, and jargon. Thomas sowell exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues in a lively manner that does not. He received a bachelors degree, graduating magna cum laude from harvard university in 1958 and a masters degree from columbia university in 1959.
Economic facts and fallacies free pdf, doc, fb3, txt. But economic facts and fallacies takes on some of the most fundamental issues of our time and tackles them head on. Delaware county district library ohio scanned in china. I first encountered his name in 1967, when i was writing the chapter on marxs economics in my first book, marxs religion of revolution. I did not know at the time that he had written it while he was in graduate school, which is unheard of for any author of an aer article. Economist thomas sowell, who has taught at cornell university and ucla and has worked at the urban institute and the hoover institution at stanford university summarizes the economics of the housing market in a recent article. This readable volume is a useful primer exposing how economics relates to the social issues that affect our country.
All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. In 2008, getabstract awarded his book economic facts and fallacies with its international book award. One of the last refuges of someone whose pet project or theory has been exposed as economic nonsense is to say. Basic economics basic economics audiobook, by thomas sowell. He is an african american economist, social critic, political commentator and author. In economic facts and fallacies, as in his other work, sowell makes a persuasive and powerful case, armed with a solid arsenal of statistics, numbers, and historical facts. Its been a while since i read the book it was my first sowell book, so whatever i recollect might be an important takeaway since i still remember it. Sowell was born in gastonia, north carolina, his father died before he was born. An african american author and economist, sowell opposes such programs as affirmative action, busing, racial quotas, minimum wage, and welfare. The latest book by prolific author thomas sowell, the rose and milton friedman senior fellow at.
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