The Thomas Sowell Reader by Sowell, Thomas -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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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

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