Thomas Sowell Reader

These selections from the many writings of Thomas Sowell over a period of a half century cover social, economic, cultural, legal, educational, and political issues. The sources range from Dr. Sowell's letters, books, newspaper columns, and articles in both scholarly journals and popular magazines. The topics range from late-talking children to "tax cuts for the rich," baseball,...

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These selections from the many writings of Thomas Sowell over a period of a half century cover social, economic, cultural, legal, educational, and political issues. The sources range from Dr. Sowell's letters, books, newspaper columns, and articles in both scholarly journals and popular magazines. The topics range from late-talking children to "tax cuts for the rich," baseball, race, war, the role of judges, medical care, and the rhetoric of politicians. These topics are dealt with by sometimes drawing on history, sometimes drawing on economics, and sometimes drawing on a sense of humor.

Thomas Sowell has taught economics at Cornell, UCLA, Amherst, and other academic institutions, and his Basic Economics has been translated into six languages. He is currently a scholar in residence at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He has published in both academic journals and such popular media as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Investors Business Daily, and Fo...

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Thomas Sowell has taught economics at Cornell, UCLA, Amherst, and other academic institutions, and his Basic Economics has been translated into six languages. He is currently a scholar in residence at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He has published in both academic journals and such popular media as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Investors Business Daily, and Fortune, and he writes a syndicated column that appears in newspapers across the country.

Table of Contents
Title Page
Preface
EDITORIAL NOTE
SOCIAL ISSUES
GRASSHOPPER AND ANT
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Preface
EDITORIAL NOTE
SOCIAL ISSUES
GRASSHOPPER AND ANT
EVER WONDER WHY?
A “DUTY TO DIE”?
THE MONEY OF FOOLS
BOOMERS AND BOOMERANGS
IS THE FAMILY BECOMING EXTINCT?
LIFE AT THE BOTTOM
TWISTED HISTORY
ANIMAL RITES
HUMAN LIVESTOCK
THE EINSTEIN SYNDROME
THE WRIGHT STUFF
REVISIONISTS AGAINST AMERICA
AUTISM “CURES” ?
INSTRUCTING THE INSTRUCTORS
APRIL FOOLS’ PARTY
GROWING OLD
FOREIGN DOMESTICS
CRUEL “COMPASSION”
WARS OVER VALUES
LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
MEANINGLESS “EQUALITY”
LITTLE THINGS
MASCOTS OF THE ANOINTED
THE ANTI-AMERICAN AMERICANS
“DEADBALL” VERSUS “LIVELYBALL” ?
ECONOMICS
ONE-STAGE THINKING
UNION MYTHS
“AFFORDABILITY”
SAVING LIVES
PICTURING THE “TRUSTFUND”
THE ECONOMICS OF CRIME
THE ECONOMICS OF DISCRIMINATION
VARIATIONS IN COSTS
COMPETITIVE AND NON-COMPETITIVE MARKETS
“INCOMEDISTRIBUTION”
Empirical Evidence
Moral Considerations
MINIMUM WAGE LAWS
Unemployment
Differential Impact
THE ROLE OF ECONOMICS
Scientific Analysis
Events and Ideas
POLITICAL ISSUES
IVAN AND BORIS—AND US
RONALDREAGAN - (1911–2004)
THE “COMPASSION” RACKET
SPOILED BRAT POLITICS
THE LEFT’S VOCABULARY
UNFUNDED MANDATES
REFLECTIONS ON TERM LIMITS
THE SURVIVAL OF THE LEFT
POLITICS IN ONE LESSON
THE PATTERN OF THE ANOINTED
PATTERNS OF FAILURE
“ ONLIBERTY ” RECONSIDERED
MARX THE MAN
YOUTH
EARLY CAREER
COLLABORATION WITH ENGELS
EXILES
THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL
TWILIGHT YEARS
ASSESSMENTS
LEGAL ISSUES
PENNY-WISE ON CRIME
JUSTICE FOR LITTLE ANGELO
LOVE THOSE KILLERS!
LAW ON TRIAL
ABORTED KNOWLEDGE
GUN CONTROL MYTHS
GUN CONTROL MYTHS: PART II
POWER TO THE PARASITES
MEDICAL LAWSUITS
PASSING IN REVIEW
ARE COPS RACIST?
THE MEANING OF LAW
FREEDOM VERSUS DEMOCRACY
JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AND JUDICIAL RESTRAINT
Judicial Activism
Judicial Restraint and “Original Intent”
RACE AND ETHNICITY
OLDER BUDWEISER
“DIVERSITY” IN INDIA
THE SLAVERY CARD
“MINORITIES”
RACE, ROMANCE AND REALITY
DOG-IN-THE-MANGER POLITICS
“FRIENDS ” OF BLACKS
GIVING BUSINESS THE BUSINESS
STEREOTYPES VERSUS THE MARKET
RECYCLED “RACISM ”
GEOGRAPHY VERSUS EQUALITY
ASSUMPTIONS BEHIND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
THE MULTICULTURALISM CULT
LIFE IS CULTURALLY BIASED
BOOKERT. WASHINGTON AFTER ONE HUNDRED YEARS
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AROUND THE WORLD
LIMITED AND TRANSIENT PREFERENCES
PREFERRED AND NON-PREFERRED GROUPS
TRENDS
SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS
THE INFLUENCE OF GEOGRAPHY
GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMICS AND CULTURE
THE GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA
THE GEOGRAPHY OF EASTERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
EDUCATIONAL ISSUES
TRAGI-COMIC “EDUCATORS”
SCIENTISTS NEED NOT APPLY
HIGHER EDUCATION AND LOW COMEDY
SUCCESS CONCEALING FAILURE
“PUBLICSERVICE” — OR DISSERVICE?
“FORCED TO VOLUNTEER”
GOODBYE TO SARA AND BENJAMIN?
CHOOSING A COLLEGE
THE IDIOCY OF “RELEVANCE”
JULIAN STANLEY AND BRIGHT CHILDREN
ANTI-”ELITISM ” IN EDUCATION
THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD
WASTING MINDS
DO FACTS MATTER?
DEEP TROUBLE FROM SHALLOW PEOPLE
“ GOOD ” TEACHERS
BEHIND “PUBLISH OR PERISH”
GLIMPSES OF ACADEME
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
CAROLINA IN THE MORNING
MEMORIES
RANDOM THOUGHTS
SOURCES
NOTES
INDEX
Copyright Page
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