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One of conservatism's most articulate voices dissects today's most important economic, racial, political, education, legal, and social issues, sharing his entertaining and thought-provoking insights on a wide range of contentious subjects.
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Ever Wonder Why?
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- Narrado por: Leon Nixon
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 63
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 63
Thomas Sowell takes aim at a range of legal, social, racial, educational, and economic issues in this latest collection of his controversial, never boring, always thought-provoking essays. From "gun control myths" to "mealy mouth media" to "free lunch medicine," Sowell gets to the heart of the matters we all care about with his characteristically unsparing candor.
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Is Reality Optional?
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General5 out of 5 stars 173
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 157
Thomas Sowell challenges all the assumptions of contemporary liberalism on issues ranging from the economy to race to education in this collection of controversial essays, and captures his thoughts on politics, race, and common sense with a section at the end for thought-provoking quotes.
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Barbarians Inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 93
A collection of essays that discusses such issues as the media, immigration, the minimum wage, and multiculturalism.
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Inside American Education
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- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
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General5 out of 5 stars 343
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 311
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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Must read if you want to understand the condition in America
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Migrations and Cultures
- A World View
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- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 253
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 197
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 200
Most commentators look at the issue of immigration from the viewpoint of immediate politics. In doing so, they focus on only a piece of the issue and lose touch with the larger picture. Now Thomas Sowell offers a sweeping historical and global look at a large number of migrations over a long period of time. Migrations and Cultures shows the persistence of cultural traits in particular racial and ethnic groups.
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Sowell always brings it!
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Knowledge and Decisions
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- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 20 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 905
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 772
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This reissue of Thomas Sowell’s classic study of decision making, which includes a preface by the author, updates his seminal work in the context of The Vision of the Anointed. 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 making—a gap that threatens not only our economic and political efficiency but our very freedom.
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He does it again.
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Is Reality Optional?
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- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 173
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 158
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 157
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing!
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Barbarians Inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays
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General5 out of 5 stars 103
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A collection of essays that discusses such issues as the media, immigration, the minimum wage, and multiculturalism.
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Mr. Sowell exposed the soul of America.
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Inside American Education
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- De: Thomas Sowell
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- Duración: 11 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 343
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 312
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 311
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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5 out of 5 stars
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Must read if you want to understand the condition in America
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Migrations and Cultures
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 253
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Most commentators look at the issue of immigration from the viewpoint of immediate politics. In doing so, they focus on only a piece of the issue and lose touch with the larger picture. Now Thomas Sowell offers a sweeping historical and global look at a large number of migrations over a long period of time. Migrations and Cultures shows the persistence of cultural traits in particular racial and ethnic groups.
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Knowledge and Decisions
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The Vision of the Anointed is a devastating critique of the mindset behind the failed social policies of the past thirty years. Thomas Sowell sees what has happened not as a series of isolated mistakes, but as a logical consequence of a vision whose defects have led to disasters in education, crime, family disintegration, and other social pathology. In this book, "politically correct" theory is repeatedly confronted with facts-and sharp contradictions between the two are explained in terms of a whole set of self-congratulatory assumptions held by political and intellectual elites.
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An Absolute Masterpiece!
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The Einstein Syndrome
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The Einstein Syndrome is a follow-up to Late-Talking Children, which established Thomas Sowell as a leading spokesman on the subject of late-talking children. 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.
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The only review I needed to make
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Charter Schools and Their Enemies
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A leading conservative intellectual defends charter schools against the teachers' unions, politicians, and liberal educators who threaten to dismantle their success.
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Another winner from Thomas Sowell!
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Basic Economics
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Thomas Sowell has a different idea about how economics should be taught. With this groundbreaking introduction to economics, Sowell has thrown out the graphs, statistics, and jargon. Learning economics, he believes, should be relaxing - and even enjoyable. In this edition, Basic Economics has been revised and expanded to address the new concerns of the 21st century. It's focus has become more international, including the range of economic problems faced by foreign countries around the world.
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A mind opening consideration of Economics.
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Social Justice Fallacies
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The quest for social justice is a powerful crusade of our time, with an appeal to many different people, for many different reasons. But those who use the same words do not always present the same meanings. Clarifying those meanings is the first step toward finding out what we agree on and disagree on. From there, it is largely a question of what the facts are. Social Justice Fallacies reveals how many things that are thought to be true simply cannot stand up to documented facts, which are often the opposite of what is widely believed.
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Timely book by 93 year old Thomas Sowell
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America's Cultural Revolution
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In the 1960s, Mao launched China’s Cultural Revolution. Cities grew overcrowded. Technocrats demanded progress from above. Anyone opposed was sent to be “re-educated.” China’s revolution was bloody, fast, and a failure, but what if America started a revolution at the same time, based on the same bad ideas, and it’s just been slower, calmer, and more effective?
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Outstanding Analysis
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The Wealth of Nations
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The foundation for all modern economic thought and political economy, The Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of Scottish economist Adam Smith, who introduces the world to the very idea of economics and capitalism in the modern sense of the words.
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ADAM SMITH
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In American Marxism, Mark Levin explained how Marxist ideology has invaded our society and culture. In doing so, he exposed the institutions, scholars, and activists leading the revolution. Now, he picks up where he left off: to hold responsible the true malefactors steering our country down the wrong path. Insightful and hard-hitting as ever, Levin proves that since its establishment, the Democrat Party has set out to rewrite history and destroy the foundation of freedom in America.
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As always thank you Mr. Levin for your Insight.
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Thomas Sowell is one of America’s leading voices on matters of race and ethnicity. In his book, Inside American Education, he surveyed the ills of American education from the primary grades to graduate school with “an impressive range of knowledge and acuity of observation”, according to the Wall Street Journal. Now, in his book Race and Culture, he asks the question: “What is it that allows certain groups to get ahead?” and the answer will undoubtedly create debates for years to come.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thomas Sowell is rare breed of public intellectual
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Dismantling America
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These wide-ranging essays - on many individual political, economic, cultural, and legal issues - have as a recurring, underlying theme the decline of the values and institutions that have sustained and advanced American society for more than two centuries. This decline has been more than erosion. It has, in many cases, been a deliberate dismantling of American values and institutions by people convinced that their superior wisdom and virtue must override both the traditions of the country and the will of the people.
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Nice Collection of Essays
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The Madness of Crowds
- Gender, Race and Identity
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 8,227
In The Madness of Crowds Douglas Murray investigates the dangers of ‘woke’ culture and the rise of identity politics. In lively, razor-sharp prose he examines the most controversial issues of our moment: sexuality, gender, technology and race, with interludes on the Marxist foundations of ‘wokeness’, the impact of tech and how, in an increasingly online culture, we must relearn the ability to forgive.
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An Urgent Read for Our Over-woke Times
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Thomas Sowell's Greatest Work
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Inside American Education
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- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
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Must read if you want to understand the condition in America
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In this important book, an eminent authority presents a new perspective on affirmative action, investigating its actual consequences in the United States and in other countries where it has been in effect. Evaluating his empirical data, Thomas Sowell concludes that race preference programs worldwide have not met expectations and have often produced the opposite of what was originally intended.
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Thomas Sowell hits another one out of the park!
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The Quest for Cosmic Justice
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,893
This book is about the great moral issues underlying many of the headline-making political controversies of our times. It is not a comforting book but a book about disturbing and dangerous trends. The Quest for Cosmic Justice shows how confused conceptions of justice end up promoting injustice, how confused conceptions of equality end up promoting inequality, and how the tyranny of social visions prevents many people from confronting the actual consequences of their own beliefs and policies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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First released 20 years ago & now a classic!
- De Wayne en 11-05-18
De: Thomas Sowell
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Dismantling America
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 8 h y 7 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,823
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,550
These wide-ranging essays - on many individual political, economic, cultural, and legal issues - have as a recurring, underlying theme the decline of the values and institutions that have sustained and advanced American society for more than two centuries. This decline has been more than erosion. It has, in many cases, been a deliberate dismantling of American values and institutions by people convinced that their superior wisdom and virtue must override both the traditions of the country and the will of the people.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nice Collection of Essays
- De Laura en 09-01-11
De: Thomas Sowell
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Migrations and Cultures
- A World View
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 16 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 253
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 200
Most commentators look at the issue of immigration from the viewpoint of immediate politics. In doing so, they focus on only a piece of the issue and lose touch with the larger picture. Now Thomas Sowell offers a sweeping historical and global look at a large number of migrations over a long period of time. Migrations and Cultures shows the persistence of cultural traits in particular racial and ethnic groups.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sowell always brings it!
- De nursekatie24 en 07-04-24
De: Thomas Sowell
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The Vision of the Anointed
- Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Jim Seybert
- Duración: 11 h y 26 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 540
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 470
The Vision of the Anointed is a devastating critique of the mindset behind the failed social policies of the past thirty years. Thomas Sowell sees what has happened not as a series of isolated mistakes, but as a logical consequence of a vision whose defects have led to disasters in education, crime, family disintegration, and other social pathology. In this book, "politically correct" theory is repeatedly confronted with facts-and sharp contradictions between the two are explained in terms of a whole set of self-congratulatory assumptions held by political and intellectual elites.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Absolute Masterpiece!
- De Brendan Martino en 04-04-22
De: Thomas Sowell
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Wealth, Poverty, and Politics
- An International Perspective
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: David Cochran Heath
- Duración: 8 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,416
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,122
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,093
In Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in the country, argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion about income inequality in America. Pundits and politically motivated economists trumpet ambiguous statistics and sensational theories while ignoring the true determinant of income inequality: the production of wealth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A paradigm shift on the subject of equality
- De Steven Schardein en 10-02-15
De: Thomas Sowell
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Basic Economics
- A Citizen's Guide to the Economy: Revised and Expanded Edition
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Brian Emerson
- Duración: 18 h y 32 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 219
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 180
Thomas Sowell has a different idea about how economics should be taught. With this groundbreaking introduction to economics, Sowell has thrown out the graphs, statistics, and jargon. Learning economics, he believes, should be relaxing - and even enjoyable. In this edition, Basic Economics has been revised and expanded to address the new concerns of the 21st century. It's focus has become more international, including the range of economic problems faced by foreign countries around the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A mind opening consideration of Economics.
- De Chad S. en 06-12-19
De: Thomas Sowell
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Race and Culture
- A World View
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Tom Weiner
- Duración: 10 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 290
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 233
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 232
Thomas Sowell is one of America’s leading voices on matters of race and ethnicity. In his book, Inside American Education, he surveyed the ills of American education from the primary grades to graduate school with “an impressive range of knowledge and acuity of observation”, according to the Wall Street Journal. Now, in his book Race and Culture, he asks the question: “What is it that allows certain groups to get ahead?” and the answer will undoubtedly create debates for years to come.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thomas Sowell is rare breed of public intellectual
- De PAUL en 09-03-12
De: Thomas Sowell
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Intellectuals and Society
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Tom Weiner
- Duración: 11 h y 22 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,146
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,759
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,730
This is a study of how intellectuals as a class affect modern societies by shaping the climate of opinion in which official policies develop, on issues ranging from economics to law to war and peace. You will hear a withering and clear-eyed critique about (but not for) intellectuals that explores their impact on public opinion, policy, and society at large.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Biased but good
- De Justin en 05-06-10
De: Thomas Sowell
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The Economics and Politics of Race
- An International Perspective
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Robert Morris
- Duración: 10 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 341
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 308
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 302
Using an international framework, Sowell analyzes how much a racial group’s economic fate is determined by the surrounding society and how much by internal patterns that follow that same group around the world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting material, with not very good audi
- De Martin P. Rodgers en 04-03-13
De: Thomas Sowell
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Marxism
- Philosophy and Economics
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Christopher Louis
- Duración: 7 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,852
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,601
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,585
Marxism is a term that many people freely use, but few seem to grasp its implications. Sowell's book is the antidote to this problem. He writes in a fluid and easy-to-follow manner, leading the listener through the Marxian scheme of ideas. Along the way, he shatters some existing interpretations of Marx-interpretations that have developed through repetition rather than through scholarship.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A must read, but a hard one!
- De Keyvan en 09-19-16
De: Thomas Sowell
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Economic Facts and Fallacies
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Jeff Riggenbach
- Duración: 9 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,125
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,675
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,657
Economic Facts and Fallacies is designed for people who want to understand economic issues without getting bogged down in economic jargon, graphs, or political rhetoric. Writing in a lively manner that does not require any prior knowledge of economics, Thomas Sowell exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues, including many that are widely disseminated in the media and by politicians.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good with salt...
- De Michael en 05-08-08
De: Thomas Sowell
Great deep thinker
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Common sense
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Fantastic point of view
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The Divine Logic
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Thomas Sowell, the Great One
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I think that this book should be mandatory for every high & college student
Great!
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Another Great Collection
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Logic and Reason
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