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First publish date: 2002
Genre: Politics & Government/Government
Authors: Thomas Sowell
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πŸ“˜ Basic economics

Thomas Sowell explains why societies thrive or suffer by applying basic economic principles in plain language and vivid global examples.

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πŸ“˜ We Were Eight Years in Power

A reflection on race, Barack Obama's presidency, and the election of Donald Trump by the National Book Award-winning author of 'Between the World and Me'.

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πŸ“˜ Economic Facts and Fallacies


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πŸ“˜ Intellectuals and Race

Examines how intellectuals shape and explain racial issues, tracing shifts in viewpoints from the early 20th to late 20th centuries and their societal consequences through historical, demographic, and statistical evidence.

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πŸ“˜ Intellectuals and Society

This is a book about intellectuals written for the lay person. Its purpose is to unravel the world of intellectuals in order to understand an important social phenomenon how the thinkers of our society mold that society, leaving an impact on people in every walk of life, even if they are basically unknown to the world at large. It is a portion of the population whose activities can have, and have had, momentous implications for nations and civilizations.

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πŸ“˜ The ethnic myth


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πŸ“˜ Race and economics


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πŸ“˜ The Quest for Cosmic Justice

Thomas Sowell examines how misguided notions of justice, equality, and social programs erode freedom in contemporary America.

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πŸ“˜ Knowledge and decisions


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πŸ“˜ Discrimination and disparities

Thomas Sowell challenges single‑factor explanations for economic differencesβ€”such as discrimination, exploitation, or geneticsβ€”presenting a globally corroborated analysis that explains why many policy attempts have backfired.

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πŸ“˜ Beyond Black and White

Beyond Black and White examines the politics of race and class in the United States during the 1990s, offering a radical democracy approach that draws together minorities into a majority of the poor and oppressed.

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πŸ“˜ The Thomas Sowell reader

A curated collection of Thomasβ€―Sowell’s essays spanning five decades, tackling social, economic, cultural, legal, and political topics from late‑talking children to tax policy, race, war, baseball, and the rhetoric of politicians.

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πŸ“˜ Essays and data on American ethnic groups


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πŸ“˜ Race, poverty, and domestic policy


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πŸ“˜ Race, reform and rebellion


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πŸ“˜ Ever Wonder Why? And Other Controversial Essays


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πŸ“˜ Civil rights

Thomas Sowell analyzes the three decades since Brown v. Board of Education, examining who has benefited, who has been disadvantaged, and which assumptions of the civil rights movement have endured or failed.

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πŸ“˜ The economics and politics of race


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πŸ“˜ The Angela Y. Davis reader


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πŸ“˜ Race and Culture

Race and Culture examines how differences in productive skills and cultural values shape the social and economic trajectories of ethnic groups, nations, and civilizations across history.

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πŸ“˜ Some of us did not die


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πŸ“˜ Shame

Shelby Steele examines how post‑Civil Rights America’s "new liberalism" has failed to secure racial equality, arguing that white liberal policies still hinder black advancement.

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Race and Culture: A World View by Thomas Sowell
Diverse Disasters: The Unfounded Myths That Fuel Our Culture Wars by Thomas Sowell

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