Economic Facts and Fallacies

Name: Economic Facts and Fallacies
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Thomas Sowell
ISBN: 9781433245381

Author: Thomas Sowell

Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach

Unabridged: 9 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 05/01/2008

Categories: Nonfiction, Business & Economics

Synopsis

Economic Facts and Fallacies is designed for people who want to understand economic issues without getting bogged down in economic jargon, graphs, or political rhetoric. Writing in a lively manner that does not require any prior knowledge of economics, Thomas Sowell exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues, including many that are widely disseminated in the media and by politicians: fallacies about urban problems, income differences, malefemale economic differences, academia, race, and Third World countries. While all of these fallacies have a certain plausibility that gives them their staying power, this makes it even more important to carefully examine their flaws. Sowell holds these beliefs under the microscope and draws conclusions that are sure to inspire rigorous debate.

About Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell has taught economics at Cornell, UCLA, Amherst, and other academic institutions, and his Basic Economics has been translated into six languages. He is currently a scholar in residence at the Hoover Institution, at Stanford University. He has been published in both academic journals and such popular media as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Fortune and writes a syndicated column that appears in newspapers across the country.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on June 03, 2015

This fascinating book peels away the truths from the untruths about economics in our societies. While the style of writing is rather dry, the content is quite engaging. Many commonly held beliefs are simply wrong, as can be shown easily with a few facts and some straight-forward thinking. Law school......more

Goodreads review by Kenny on April 04, 2011

STUBBORN THINGS Thomas Sowell’s remarkable book Economic Facts and Fallacies is even more remarkable for its brevity. In just over two hundred pages, he tackles and deconstructs fallacies infecting our cities, our relationships, the academy, business, race relations, and the Third World. John Adams s......more

Goodreads review by Ryan on January 25, 2019

Sowell is probably my favorite economic writer -- not for his novel ideas, but for his excellent presentation of the entire body of generally reasonable economic thought. He would be my dream pick for a political leader with real power. This book is a great take-down of widely believed but wrong idea......more

Goodreads review by Alan on January 20, 2022

Excellent and extremely edifying. In clear and direct language Sowell demonstrates how plausible-sounding fallacies collapse under the weight of hard evidence and analysis. I can't recommend this book highly enough. Anyone interested in effective public policy and economic opportunity for all needs......more