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Wealth, Poverty and Politics

Name: Wealth, Poverty and Politics
Brand: Basic Books
SKU: 9780465096763
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Contributors:

Thomas Sowell

Publisher:

Basic Books

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

Political Science, Social Science

Book Subcategory:

Political Economy, Public Policy, Discrimination

Book Topic:

Economic Policy

Edition Description:

2nd Edition

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Release Date:

2016-09-06

ISBN 13:

9780465096763

Weight:

1.75 lbs

Size:

9.30 x 6.30 x 2.00 inches

Pages:

576

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In Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in this country, argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion about income inequality in America. Pundits and politically motivated economists trumpet ambiguous statistics and sensational theories while ignoring the true determinant of income inequality: the production of wealth. We cannot properly understand inequality if we focus exclusively on the distribution of wealth and ignore wealth production factors such as geography, demography, and culture.

Sowell contends that liberals have a particular interest in misreading the data and chastises them for using income inequality as an argument for the welfare state. Refuting Thomas Piketty, Paul Krugman, and others on the left, Sowell draws on accurate empirical data to show that the inequality is not nearly as extreme or sensational as we have been led to believe.

Transcending partisanship through a careful examination of data, Wealth, Poverty, and Politics reveals the truth about the most explosive political issue of our time.

About the Author
Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is the author of dozens of books including Charter Schools and Their Enemies, winner of the 2021 Hayek Book Prize. He is the recipient of numerous other awards, including the National Humanities Medal, presented by the President of the United States in 2003.

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