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The Strengths of “Economic Facts and Fallacies”. One of the beauties of Thomas Sowell’s writing style as well as his speaking is that he simplifies concepts that take others a page into a sentence, or at most, a paragraph. Thomas Sowell draws on sources far beyond one study or another to create a comprehensive basis for his refutation of major economic fallacies. Economic Facts and Fallacies exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues-and does so 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, such as mistaken ideas about urban problems, income differences, male-female economic differences, as well as economics fallacies about academia, about race, and about Third World countries. Sowell on Economic Facts and Fallacies. Feb 25 Thomas Sowell of Stanford University's Hoover Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in his new book, Economic Facts and Fallacies. He discusses the misleading nature of measured income inequality, CEO pay, why nations grow or stay poor, the role of intellectuals and experts in designing public policy, and immigration.
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