Economic Facts and Fallacies

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Thomas Sowell

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Basic Books
22 March 2011

Economics & Business; Economics

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Economic Facts and Fallacies , Thomas Sowell exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues in a lively manner that does not require any prior knowledge of economics. These fallacies include many beliefs widely disseminated in the media and by politicians, such as fallacies about urban problems, income differences, male-female economic differences, as well as economic fallacies about academia, about race, and about Third World countries. Sowell shows that fallacies are not simply crazy ideas but in fact have a certain plausibility that gives them their staying power- and makes careful examination of their flaws both necessary and important.

By: Thomas Sowell
Imprint: Basic Books
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd
Dimensions: Height: 208mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 9780465022038
ISBN 10: 0465022030
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 22 March 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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 in such popular media as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes magazine and Fortune, and writes a syndicated column that appears in newspapers across the country.

Reviews for Economic Facts and Fallacies: Second Edition

Sowell's book dismantles many of the pervasive fallacies running rampant in politics today, broken into categories of urban life, gender, academia, income, race, and the problems of the third world. ... 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. --RealClearPolitics.com This readable volume is a useful primer exposing how economics relates to the social issues that affect our country. --Publishers Weekly From one of America's most noted conservative economists, a short, original book that offers some unconventional ideas about how to think about common economic topics. --Baltimore Sun Thomas Sowell marshals his arguments with admirable clarity and authority. There is not a chapter in which he does not produce a statistic that both surprises and overturns received wisdom. --The Economist