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Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays
Written by Thomas Sowell
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A collection of essays that discusses such issues as the media, immigration, the minimum wage, and multiculturalism.
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Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He has been a professor of economics at leading American colleges and universities and has lectured in Singapore, Israel, Switzerland, and Germany, as well as across the United States.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5One of the biggest shame in current American society is the fact that Thomas Sowell is not a household name. He is brilliant, witty, and wise. Everything would be immeasurably better if we listened to what he hast to say.