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Ever wonder why? and other controversial essays /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stanford, Calif. :
Hoover Institution Press,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Hoover Institution Press publication ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Part I: The Culture Wars; Ever Wonder Why?; Animal Rites; "Us" or "Them"?; Twisted History; Explaining to the Grand Kids; Human Livestock; The Wright Stuff; The Legacy of Eric Hoffer; One-Uppers versus Survival; The Equality Dogma; The Inequality Dogma; Equality, Inequality, and Fate; Hiroshima; The Tyranny of Visions; The Tyranny of Visions: Part II; The Tyranny of Visions: Part III; The Immigration Taboo; The Left Monopoly; I Beg to Disagree; 4th Estate or 5th Column?; Part II: Economic Issues; Why Economists Are Not Popular.
- Housing HurdlesThe "Cost" of Medical Care; Subsidies Are All Wet; A Taxing Experience; Profits without Honor; Profits without Honor: Part II; Two Earthquakes; Peter Bauer (1915-2002); Journalists and Economics; Stock Crash Aftermath; Milton Friedman at 90; "Price Gouging" in Florida; Economic "Power"; A Relic of the Recent Past; Who Can Afford It?; Free-Lunch Medicine; Free-Lunch Medicine: Part II; Free-Lunch Medicine: Part III; Manufacturing Confusion; A Cold Shower; An Old "New Vision"; Third World Sweatshops; Third World Sweatshops: Part II; Privatizing Social Security.
- Privatizing Social Security: Part II"Living Wage" Kills Jobs; A Happy Birthday?; Part III: Legal Issues; Calculated Confusion; Judges and Judgment; Justice for Little Angelo; Property Rites; Property Rites: Part II; Property Rites: Part III; Foreign Law Is Not Law; Medical Lawsuits; Fixing the Jury System; Half a Century after Brown; Half a Century after Brown: Part II; Half a Century after Brown: Part III; Umpires, Judges, and Others; Big Business and Quotas; The Grand Fraud; The Grand Fraud: Part II; The Grand Fraud: Part III; The Grand Fraud: Part IV; Saving Quotas.
- The High Cost of NuancesThe Polio Fallacy; Part IV: Political Issues; Spoiled Brat Politics; Spoiled Brat Politics: Part II; The "Compassion" Racket; Ronald Reagan (1911-2004); Gun Control Myths; Gun Control Myths: Part II; A Painful Anniversary; The High Cost of Shibboleths; "Why Do They Hate Us?"; Foreign "Allies"; My Platform; The Oldest Fraud; The Left's Vision; The Left's Vocabulary; Abstract People; Looking Back; Part V: Social Issues; Mealy Mouth Media; Achievements and Their Causes; Talkers versus Doers; Talkers versus Doers: Part II; Liberals and Class; Liberals and Class: Part II.
- Liberals and Class: Part IIIThe Autism "Spectrum"; The High Cost of Busybodies; The High Cost of Busybodies: Part II; The High Cost of Busybodies: Part III; The High Cost of Busybodies: Part IV; "Partial Truth" Abortion; Lying about Yosemite; Growing Old; April Fools' Party; Part VI: Education Issues; Choosing a College; The Idiocy of "Relevance"; Julian Stanley and Bright Children; For What Purpose?; School Performances; School Performances: Part II; School Performances: Part III; College Admissions Voodoo; Summer De-Programming; Fat in California's Budget; A Scary Report.