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Wealth, Poverty, and Politics
- An International Perspective
- Narrated by: David Cochran Heath
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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Summary
In Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in the 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, Sowell draws on 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.
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- Jas Singh
- 18-10-18
Thomas Sowell dropping bombs
Never before have I had my world view expanded by any book than this one. Forget what you think you know about people and how they've acted in the past or why and how wealth is created by people and ideas this is the book of all books.
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- elvijs
- 03-09-21
Another good book.
Loved it. Written in the way that any lay man can understand and provides good explanation on ties between wealth, poverty and politics.
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- Luis Azevedo
- 28-10-20
Intriguing and fascinating views
Great book to listen to on different people from around the world and reasons for varying rates of development. Really enjoyed he education. Thank you Prof. Sowell
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- Schmidt
- 07-09-21
Will inevitably change your views
Very well written and seemingly well researched analysis of the reasons for non random distribution of wealth/success of groups. What ever beliefs you have held with the best intentions this book will inevitably change some of them.
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- Anonymous User
- 30-06-21
Very reasonable
Excellent listen, this is something that should be read or listened in every high school around the world.
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-03-20
Lots of evidence that disproves common beliefs
Easy listening, and quite quick as well. Accessible language and everyday examples. Another great book by Thomas Sowell
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- beard
- 13-01-19
another great piece by Sowell
very enjoyable book. admittedly one or two anecdotes where in other works of his but it really proves his pints very well.
definitely recommended.
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- Amazon Customer
- 18-03-24
Very good
Well researched and developed . This isn’t my first Sowell book and he keeps me coming back for me. One of the true clear thinkers today.
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- Violeta
- 05-02-24
lack of structure and lots of contradictions
it was quite boring book. I missed structure, too many repetitions and contradictions. e.g. author points that there are many factors impacting the outcome, and them provides examples of outcomes based on single cause. poor use of statistics
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- 15-03-23
Very informative and gets you thinking
Fantastic book. Very informative and really gives food for thought regarding the welfare state and immigration. Heartily recommend. 5 stars from me.
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