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Economic Facts and Fallacies : Second Edition by Thomas Sowell (2011, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherBasic Books
ISBN-100465022030
ISBN-139780465022038
eBay Product ID (ePID)109180410
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Edition2
Book TitleEconomic Facts and Fallacies : Second Edition
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPolitical Economy, Political Ideologies / Libertarianism, Economics / Macroeconomics, Economics / General
Publication Year2011
GenrePolitical Science, Business & Economics
AuthorThomas Sowell
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight9.6 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2011-920911
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"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, "This readable volume is a useful primer exposing how economics relates to the social issues that affect our country."-- Publishers Weekly, "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, "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
Grade FromEighth Grade
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal330
SynopsisIn 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., Economic Facts and Fallacies exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues-and does so in a lively manner and without requiring any prior knowledge of economics by the reader. These include many beliefs widely disseminated in the media and by politicians, such as mistaken ideas about urban problems, income differences, male-female economic differences, as well as economics fallacies about academia, about race, and about Third World countries. One of the themes of Economic Facts and Fallacies is 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, as well as sometimes humorous. Written in the easy-to-follow style of the author's Basic Economics , this latest book is able to go into greater depth, with real world examples, on specific issues., Thomas Sowell's indispensable examination of the most popular economic fallacies In 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., Thomas Sowell "both surprises and overturns received wisdom" in this indispensable examination of widespread economic fallacies ( The Economist ) Economic Facts and Fallacies exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues-and does so in a lively manner and without requiring any prior knowledge of economics by the reader. These include many beliefs widely disseminated in the media and by politicians, such as mistaken ideas about urban problems, income differences, male-female economic differences, as well as economics fallacies about academia, about race, and about Third World countries. One of the themes of Economic Facts and Fallacies is 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, as well as sometimes humorous. Written in the easy-to-follow style of the author's Basic Economics , this latest book is able to go into greater depth, with real world examples, on specific issues.
LC Classification NumberHB171.S7133 2011
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- Jun 15, 2021
Keeping it real, keeping it simple!
An easy to read, not too deep, not too shallow, easy to understand assessment of current economic issues facing our country. Economics is like history with issues, pressures, public opinion, and policy shifts repeating themselves over time. Sowell addresses these factors, facts and fallacies in an easy to understand format supported with references. Kind of a "high altitude" , "helicopter view" of economic facts and fallacies. I really enjoyed it as kind of a refresher of some things learned in the past in college studies relative to a minor in econ.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jul 20, 2021
Some authors make too much sense.
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- Aug 30, 2021
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