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Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays
Written by Thomas Sowell
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Thomas Sowell challenges all the assumptions of contemporary liberalism on issues ranging from the economy to race to education in this collection of controversial essays, and captures his thoughts on politics, race, and common sense with a section at the end for thought-provoking quotes.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherTantor Media, Inc
Release dateSep 27, 2022
ISBN9781666197600
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Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. For more than half a century, his writings have appeared in both popular and scholarly publications, on both sides of the Atlantic, and his books have been translated into a dozen foreign languages. After a career as an economist in the government, academia, and the corporate world, he has since 1980 been a scholar in residence at the Hoover Institution. His website is www.tsowell.com.
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Dr. Sowell is for the ages… Timeless wisdom, a brilliant man. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
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The author is a polemicist of the highest order. I’ve just discovered him from far away in Australia. I guess he’s a favorite commentator for those Americans who believe All Lives Matter