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Wealth, Poverty and Politics
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Wealth, Poverty and Politics
"[Sowell's] take on how culture, geography, politics and social factors affect how societies progress"or don't"will rile those addicted to political correctness but leave everyone else wiser."-Forbes
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In Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Dr. Thomas Sowell of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, examines the reasons for large differences in income and wealth between nations and among groups within nations.
A wide range of geographic, demographic, cultural, and political factors are examined, not to find a single factor or a single combination of factors that will explain all economic differences, but to show how particular combinations of factors limit or expand the possibilities for specific nations and peoples at specific times and places.
Dr. Sowell also examines some popular explanations of these differences and shows why they will not stand up under scrutiny.
In doing so, he takes on some of the reigning titans of the redistributionist movement, including John Rawls, Thomas Piketty, Paul Krugman, and Joseph Stiglitz, and shows how a remarkable number of their claims cannot withstand plain common sense, expressed in plain English.
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In Wealth, Poverty and Politics, Thomas Sowell delivers a compelling examination of the factors influencing economic disparity. Critics praise the book for transcending partisanship with data-driven insights, challenging entrenched assumptions about class, and providing a fresh perspective on economic success and failure. Sowell's analysis is lauded for its clarity, rigorous research, and ability to provoke thought and discussion, while it also critiques the simplistic narratives often espoused by politicians and intellectuals.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780465096763
Publisher: Basic Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 06 September 2016
Country: United States
Imprint: Basic Books
Edition: 2nd edition
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 52.0mm
Width: 160.0mm
Height: 238.0mm
Weight: 835g
Pages: 576
About the Author
Dr. Sowell is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and has taught economics at Cornell, UCLA and Amherst, among other academic institutions, and has published both scholarly and popular writings on economics
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