Economic Facts and Fallacies - Couverture rigide

Sowell, Thomas

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0465003494 ISBN 13 : 9780465003495

Editeur : Basic Books, 2008

Synopsis

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. One of the themes of Economic Facts and Fallacies is that fallacies are not simply crazy ideas but in fact have a certain plausibility that gives them their staying power-and makes careful examination of their flaws both necessary and important, as well as sometimes humorous. Written in the easy-to-follow style of the author's Basic Economics, this latest book is able to go into greater depth, with real world examples, on specific issues.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Thomas Sowell has taught economics at a number of colleges and universities, including Cornell, University of California Los Angeles, and Amherst. He has published both scholarly and popular articles and books on economics, and is currently a scholar in residence at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Basic Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0465003494
• ISBN 13: 9780465003495
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 272
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• Personne responsable: non disponible