Economic facts and fallacies Thomas Sowell
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TextPublication details: Basic Books New York 2008Description: 262 P, HardISBN: - 978-0-465-00349-5
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Contents
Preface vii
1. The Power of Fallacies 1
2. Urban Facts and Fallacies 12
3. Male-Female Facts and Fallacies 55
4. Academic Facts and Fallacies 87
5. Income Facts and Fallacies 124
6. Racial Facts and Fallacies 153
7. Third World Facts and Fallacies 188
8. Parting Thoughts 217
Notes 223
Index 249
Exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues, 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. One of the book's themes 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.--From publisher description.
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