About This Book
Economic Facts and Fallacies (2008) takes some common assumptions about economics and politics and reveals them as fallacies. It’s only by facing uncomfortable truths, the book argues, that we can begin to solve the problems in front of us.
Who Should Read This?
- Those interested in politics and economics
- Anyone looking for a contrary perspective
- Libertarians and conservatives
About the Author
Thomas Sowell is a conservative economist, social theorist, and senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. Sowell has taught economics at Cornell, Amherst, and the University of California at Los Angeles, and the history of ideas at Brandeis University. In 2002, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal.