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 both in academic journals and in such popular media as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Fortune, and writes a syndicated column that appears in newspapers across the country.
"Economic Facts and Fallacies is the kind of book lesser lights
would have labored for years to produce. Full of pithy and useful
data and imbued with the wisdom of a lifetime of economic analysis,
this is another home run for the sage of Palo Alto." --Mona Charen,
Nationally syndicated columnist
"[An] interesting and challenging book."--News Weekly
(Australia)
"Armed with historical facts, imperical economics, plain logic and
lots of reputable statistics...Economic Facts and Fallacies
contains persuasive evidence that many commonly held beliefs,
especially in modern politics, simply cannot withstand the scrutiny
of hard facts...Sowell successfully addresses the tough issues...
An excellent read for those with a basic understanding of
statistics, those who learn to distinguish fact from fallacy in
this book are sure to be more perceptive members of society and
more enlightened citizens and voters. And who knows? Maybe one day
Economic Facts and Fallacies will open opportunities for the
nations of the world."--Deseret Morning News
"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
"In a new second edition, Economic Facts and Fallacies shows how
misinterpretation of economics can result in flawed public policy
in easily understandable terms that does not require prior
knowledge of economics."--The Galveston County Daily News
"Simply on the basis of the byline, I read everything Thomas Sowell
writes. And it keeps me busy because he writes a lot. But I'm
always richly rewarded, as I was once again when I picked up
Economic Facts and Fallacies. Sowell is fearless and invariably so
far ahead of the curve in discussing economics or politics or
pretty much anything that the rest of us are left with eating his
intellectual dust. I can't think of a higher compliment than that."
--Fred Barnes, Executive Editor, The Weekly Standard and co-host of
The Beltway Boys on Fox News Channel
"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
"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
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