Wealth, Poverty and Politics: An International Perspective

byThomas Sowell

September 6, 2016|
Wealth, Poverty and Politics: An International Perspective by Thomas Sowell
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In Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in this 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 on the left, Sowell draws on accurate 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.
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.
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Title:Wealth, Poverty and Politics: An International Perspective
Format:Hardcover
Product dimensions:576 pages, 9.55 X 6.45 X 2.05 in
Shipping dimensions:576 pages, 9.55 X 6.45 X 2.05 in
Published:September 6, 2016
Publisher:Basic Books
Language:English
Appropriate for ages:All ages
ISBN - 13:9780465096763

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