Background
Sowell, Thomas was born on June 30, 1930 in Gastonia, North Carolina, United States.
(This book will lead you to understand the history of Amer...)
This book will lead you to understand the history of American ethnics objectively. It tells a story which consists of pain, pride and achievement. On the basis of a large number of facts and figures, the author tells the struggle and culture history of various immigrant ethnics in the United States and infusing into the American society, including Irish, German, Italian, Japanese, Jews, Chinese, Mexican, the blacks, Puerto Ricans and so on .
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MP3CD audiobook format in vinyl case. Read by Robert Morris How much of a racial group's economic fate is determined by the surrounding society it lives in, and how much by internal patterns that follow that same group around the world? Using an international framework to analyze a group of differences, Sowell has pioneered a new approach for pursuing this important study, utilizing historical experience and empirical data. The results are fascinating and sometimes surprising. For instance, he finds that the social and economic patterns among Italians in Australia and Argentina are similar in many respects to those of Italians in Italy or the United States. And, though blacks have not faced the same massive and rigid oppression in Brazil as in the United States, economic differences between blacks and whites are significantly greater in Brazil.
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In this cogent, crucial, and vitally important book, economist Thomas Sowell examines on a global scale the preferential policies of governments as diverse as those of India, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Israel, Malaysia, Nigeria, and the United States. By substituting fact for rhetoric, Sowell makes an invaluable contribution to our seeing the world as it really is.
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( Sowell presents a devastating critique of the mind-set ...)
Sowell presents a devastating critique of the mind-set behind the failed social policies of the past thirty years. Sowell sees what has happened during that time not as a series of isolated mistakes but as a logical consequence of a tainted vision whose defects have led to crises in education, crime, and family dynamics, and to other social pathologies. In this book, he describes how elites—the anointed—have replaced facts and rational thinking with rhetorical assertions, thereby altering the course of our social policy.
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( This reconsideration of the macroeconomics, microeconom...)
This reconsideration of the macroeconomics, microeconomics, methodology, and social philosophy of the classical economists has been a small gem on the history of economic thought, written in a way accessible to students, while having much to teach scholars. The reissue of this book twenty years after its original publication is a tribute to the enduring relevance of the questions raised during the formative period of economics and to the skill with which the author analyzes them.
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( Encompassing more than a decade of research around the ...)
Encompassing more than a decade of research around the globe, this book shows that cultural capital has far more impact than politics, prejudice, or genetics on the social and economic fates of minorities, nations, and civilization.
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(Sowell, a UCLA professor, begins with a good account of h...)
Sowell, a UCLA professor, begins with a good account of his own difficulties and accomplishments in segregated and integrated schools. He made it magna cum laude through Harvard and won success as an economist; but though he believes in uplift through education, this is not just another "I-made-it" testimonial. It is partly a defense of the black student's right to a first-rate education. Sowell maintains that putting ill-prepared blacks, especially from the ghetto, into high-pressure situations at top universities creates destructive frustrations; but to compensate with black studies programs full of soft courses and lower standards is to cheat the student. This view is elaborated at length, especially with reference to the 1969 Cornell upheavals. Sowell is severe toward black administrators and teachers who cover their mediocrity by playing campus politics and spouting the rhetoric of blackness. He further argues that many able, industrious black students are being discriminated against by recruiters searching for more "underprivileged" albeit less gifted students and decries the tendency to dismiss working-class black families as "middle-class." Though Sowell acknowledges that black education cannot be discussed in a vacuum, he doesn't specify what people should be educated for, but concentrates on the "talented tenth" who will become professionals and scholars; thus bypassing the job situation of most blacks. Nonetheless, his specific proposals for recruitment of students, pre-college training, and a black-sponsored institute for advanced study, deserve attention. A significant essay, appealing in its toughness, which may be praised or blamed for the wrong reasons, but should be welcomed by those who reject the paternalism and shortchanging implicit in much current black education.
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(This critique of failed social policies of the past 30 ye...)
This critique of failed social policies of the past 30 years sees what has happened not as isolated mistakes, but as the consequence of the tainted vision of the "anointed", leading to crises in education, crime, and family dynamics, and to other social pathologies.
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(This book is geared to the average citizen with little or...)
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. He begins by elucidating the differences between politicians, who are often compelled by political considerations to act for the short term, and economists, who are more concerned with long-term ramifications. Sowell then focuses on the application of economics to major contemporary real-world problems: housing, medical care, discrimination, and the economic development of nations.
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(An indictment of the American educational system criticiz...)
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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( The Einstein Syndrome is a follow-up to Late-Talking Ch...)
The Einstein Syndrome is a follow-up to Late-Talking Children, which established Thomas Sowell as a leading spokesman on the subject. While many children who talk late suffer from developmental disorders or autism, there is a certain well-defined group who are developmentally normal or even quite bright, yet who may go past their fourth birthday before beginning to talk. These children are often misdiagnosed as autistic or retarded, a mistake that is doubly hard on parents who must first worry about their apparently handicapped children and then must see them lumped into special classes and therapy groups where all the other children are clearly very different.Since he first became involved in this issue in the mid-1990s, Sowell has joined with Stephen Camarata of Vanderbilt University, who has conducted a much broader, more rigorous study of this phenomenon than the anecdotes reported in Late-Talking Children. Sowell can now identify a particular syndrome, a cluster of common symptoms and family characteristics, that differentiates these late-talking children from others; relate this syndrome to other syndromes; speculate about its causes; and describe how children with this syndrome are likely to develop.
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(MP3CD audiobook format in vinyl case. Read by Robert Mo...)
MP3CD audiobook format in vinyl case. Read by Robert Morris How much of a racial group's economic fate is determined by the surrounding society it lives in, and how much by internal patterns that follow that same group around the world? Using an international framework to analyze a group of differences, Sowell has pioneered a new approach for pursuing this important study, utilizing historical experience and empirical data. The results are fascinating and sometimes surprising. For instance, he finds that the social and economic patterns among Italians in Australia and Argentina are similar in many respects to those of Italians in Italy or the United States. And, though blacks have not faced the same massive and rigid oppression in Brazil as in the United States, economic differences between blacks and whites are significantly greater in Brazil.
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( This classic work by the distinguished economist traces...)
This classic work by the distinguished economist traces the history of nine American ethnic groups—the Irish, Germans, Jews, Italians, Chinese, African-Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Mexicans.
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( This revised edition of Applied Economics is about fift...)
This revised edition of Applied Economics is about fifty percent larger than the first edition. It now includes a chapter on the economics of immigration and new sections of other chapters on such topics as the “creative” financing of home-buying that led to the current “subprime” mortgage crisis, the economics of organ transplants, and the political and economic incentives that lead to money earmarked for highways being diverted to mass transit and to a general neglect of infrastructure. On these and other topics, its examples are drawn from around the world. Much material in the first edition has been updated and supplemented. The revised and enlarged edition of Applied Economics retains the easy readability of the first edition, even for people with no prior knowledge of economics.
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( This explosive new book challenges many of the long-pre...)
This explosive new book challenges many of the long-prevailing assumptions about blacks, about Jews, about Germans, about slavery, and about education. Plainly written, powerfully reasoned, and backed with a startling array of documented facts, Black Rednecks and White Liberals takes on not only the trendy intellectuals of our times but also such historic interpreters of American life as Alexis de Tocqueville and Frederick Law Olmsted. In a series of long essays, this book presents an in-depth look at key beliefs behind many mistaken and dangerous actions, policies, and trends. It presents eye-opening insights into the historical development of the ghetto culture that is today wrongly seen as a unique black identity--a culture cheered on toward self-destruction by white liberals who consider themselves "friends" of blacks. An essay titled "The Real History of Slavery" presents a jolting re-examination of that tragic institution and the narrow and distorted way it is too often seen today. The reasons for the venomous hatred of Jews, and of other groups like them in countries around the world, are explored in an essay that asks, "Are Jews Generic?" Misconceptions of German history in general, and of the Nazi era in particular, are also re-examined. So too are the inspiring achievements and painful tragedies of black education in the United States. "Black Rednecks and White Liberals" is the capstone of decades of outstanding research and writing on racial and cultural issues by Thomas Sowell.
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( The painful and baffling mystery as to why some obvious...)
The painful and baffling mystery as to why some obviously bright children do not begin talking until long after the ”normal” time is explored in this book through personal experiences and the findings of scientific research. The author’s own experiences as the father of such a child led to the formation of a goup of more than fifty sets of parents of similar children. The anguish and frustration of these prents as they try to cope with children who do not talk and institutions that do not understand them is a remarkable and moving human story. Fortunately, some of these children turn out to have not only normal intelligence but even outstanding abilities, especially in highly analytical fields such as mathematics and computers. These fascinating stories of late-talking children and the remarkable families from which they come are followed by explorations of scientific research that throw light on unusual development patterns.
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(This explosive new book challenges many of the long-preva...)
This explosive new book challenges many of the long-prevailing assumptions about blacks, about Jews, about Germans, about slavery, and about education. Plainly written, powerfully reasoned, and backed with a startling array of documented facts, Black Rednecks and White Liberals takes on not only the trendy intellectuals of our times but also such historic interpreters of American life as Alexis de Tocqueville and Frederick Law Olmsted. In a series of long essays, this book presents an in-depth look at key beliefs behind many mistaken and dangerous actions, policies, and trends. It presents eye-opening insights into the historical development of the ghetto culture that is today wrongly seen as a unique black identity - a culture cheered on toward self-destruction by white liberals who consider themselves ''friends'' of blacks. An essay titled ''The Real History of Slavery'' presents a jolting re-examination of that tragic institution and the narrow and distorted way it is too often seen today. The reasons for the venomous hatred of Jews, and of other groups like them in countries around the world, are explored in an essay that asks, ''Are Jews Generic?'' Misconceptions of German history in general, and of the Nazi era in particular, are also re-examined. So too are the inspiring achievements and painful tragedies of black education in the United States. Black Rednecks and White Liberals is the capstone of decades of outstanding research and writing on racial and cultural issues by Thomas Sowell.
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( In this classic work, Thomas Sowell analyzes the two co...)
In this classic work, Thomas Sowell analyzes the two competing visions that shape our debates about the nature of reason, justice, equality, and power: the constrained” vision, which sees human nature as unchanging and selfish, and the unconstrained” vision, in which human nature is malleable and perfectible. He describes how these two radically opposed views have manifested themselves in the political controversies of the past two centuries, including such contemporary issues as welfare reform, social justice, and crime. Updated to include sweeping political changes since its first publication in 1987, this revised edition of A Conflict of Visions offers a convincing case that ethical and policy disputes circle around the disparity between both outlooks.
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( With a new preface by the author, this reissue of Thoma...)
With a new preface by the author, this reissue of Thomas Sowell’s classic study of decision making updates his seminal work in the context of The Vision of the Annointed, Sowell, one of America’s most celebrated public intellectuals, describes in concrete detail how knowledge is shared and disseminated throughout modern society. He warns that society suffers from an ever-widening gap between firsthand knowledge and decision makinga gap that threatens not only our economic and political efficiency, but our very freedom because actual knowledge gets replaced by assumptions based on an abstract and elitist social vision f what ought to be.Knowledge and Decisions, a winner of the 1980 Law and Economics Center Prize, was heralded as a ”landmark work” and selected for this prize ”because of its cogent contribution to our understanding of the differences between the market process and the process of government.” In announcing the award, the center acclaimed Sowell, whose ”contribution to our understanding of the process of regulation alone would make the book important, but in reemphasizing the diversity and efficiency that the market makes possible, his work goes deeper and becomes even more significant.”
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( This reconsideration of the macroeconomics, microeconom...)
This reconsideration of the macroeconomics, microeconomics, methodology, and social philosophy of the classical economists has been a small gem on the history of economic thought, written in a way accessible to students, while having much to teach scholars. The reissue of this book twenty years after its original publication is a tribute to the enduring relevance of the questions raised during the formative period of economics and to the skill with which the author analyzes them.
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( The application of economics to major contemporary real...)
The application of economics to major contemporary real world problems--housing, medical care, discrimination, the economic development of nations--is the theme of this new book that tackles these and other issues head on in plain language, as distinguished from the usual jargon of economists. It examines economic policies not simply in terms of their immediate effects but also in terms of their later repercussions, which are often very different and longer lasting. The interplay of politics with economics is another theme of Applied Economics, whose examples are drawn from experiences around the world, showing how similar incentives and constraints tend to produce similar outcomes among very disparate peoples and cultures.
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( It is now more than three decades since the historic Su...)
It is now more than three decades since the historic Supreme Court decision on desegregation, Brown v. Board of Education. Thomas Sowell takes a tough, factual look at what has actually happened over these decades -- as distinguished from the hopes with which they began or the rhetoric with which they continue, 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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(This book moves the discussion of affirmative action beyo...)
This book moves the discussion of affirmative action beyond the United States to other countries that have had similar policies, often for a longer time than Americans have. It also moves the discussion beyond the theories, principles, and laws that have been so often debated to the actual empirical consequences of affirmative action in the United States and in India, Nigeria, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and other countries. Both common patterns and national differences are examined. Much of what emerges from a factual examination of these policies flatly contradicts much of what was expected and much of what has been claimed.
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(This explosive new book challenges many of the long-held ...)
This explosive new book challenges many of the long-held assumptions about blacks, Jews, Germans and Nazis, slavery, and education. Through a series of essays, Sowell presents an in-depth look at key beliefs behind many policies and trends, challenging the trendy intellectuals of our times.
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(In this book, which the author calls a "culmination of 30...)
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. Conversely, those who have faith in human nature prefer to remove institutional and traditional constraints. Controversies over such diverse issues as criminal justice, income distribution, or war and peace repeatedly show an ideological divide along the lines of these two conflicting visions.
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(Hai Zi Yu Yan Fa Zhan Chi Huan Zen Me Ban (Late-Talking C...)
Hai Zi Yu Yan Fa Zhan Chi Huan Zen Me Ban (Late-Talking Children) (Chinese Edition) by Thomas Sowell. 2005 paperback published by Xin miao wen hua shi ye you xian gong si. Text in Chinese. Original English-language title: Late-Talking Children.
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(Sowell pulls no punches as he candidly describes the inne...)
Sowell pulls no punches as he candidly describes the inner and outer workings of scores of American colleges and universities, big and small. He gives equal attention to special programs, financial aid, and the academic environment. 5 cassettes.
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(First published in 1985, Thomas Sowell's book is a crisp,...)
First published in 1985, Thomas Sowell's book is a crisp, lucid and commonsensical introduction to Marx's own writings and to Marxist theory. It combines readability with intellectual rigour and distils more than a quarter of a century of Thomas Sowell's research and thought on the philosophical and economic doctrines of Karl Marx.
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Sowell, Thomas was born on June 30, 1930 in Gastonia, North Carolina, United States.
AB, Harvard University, 1958. A.M., Columbia University, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1968.
Economist Department Labor, 1961-1962. Instructor economics Douglass College, Rutgers University, 1962-1963. Lecturer economics Howard University, 1963-1964.
Economic analyst American Telephone & Telegraph Company, 1964-1965. Assistant professor Cornell University, 1965-1969. Associate professor Brandeis University, 1969-1970.
Associate professor economics University of California at Los Angeles, 1970-1974, professor, 1974-1980. Project director Urban Institute, Washington, 1972-1974. Fellow Center Advanced Study Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 1976-1977.
Senior fellow Hoover Institution, 1977, since 1980. Visiting professor Amherst College, 1977.
( With a new preface by the author, this reissue of Thoma...)
( In this classic work, Thomas Sowell analyzes the two co...)
( The application of economics to major contemporary real...)
(This critique of failed social policies of the past 30 ye...)
( This reconsideration of the macroeconomics, microeconom...)
( This reconsideration of the macroeconomics, microeconom...)
(In this cogent, crucial, and vitally important book, econ...)
(In this book, which the author calls a "culmination of 30...)
(An indictment of the American educational system criticiz...)
( Encompassing more than a decade of research around the ...)
( The painful and baffling mystery as to why some obvious...)
( This classic work by the distinguished economist traces...)
(This book moves the discussion of affirmative action beyo...)
( This explosive new book challenges many of the long-pre...)
(This explosive new book challenges many of the long-preva...)
(This book is geared to the average citizen with little or...)
(Sowell pulls no punches as he candidly describes the inne...)
(First published in 1985, Thomas Sowell's book is a crisp,...)
(Sowell, a UCLA professor, begins with a good account of h...)
( The Einstein Syndrome is a follow-up to Late-Talking Ch...)
(This explosive new book challenges many of the long-held ...)
( Sowell presents a devastating critique of the mind-set ...)
( It is now more than three decades since the historic Su...)
(Hai Zi Yu Yan Fa Zhan Chi Huan Zen Me Ban (Late-Talking C...)
( This revised edition of Applied Economics is about fift...)
(This book will lead you to understand the history of Amer...)
(Non fiction commentary on black education in U.S.)
(MP3CD audiobook format in vinyl case. Read by Robert Mo...)
(MP3CD audiobook format in vinyl case. Read by Robert Mo...)
Served with United States Marine Corps, 1951-1953. Member American Economic Association, National Academy Education.