Economic Facts and Fallacies
by Thomas Sowell
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Book Reviews of Economic Facts and Fallacies
Book Review: Yet Another Fox News Show For Sufferers Of Dim-Brain
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are looking for 1. A very quick read; 2. Another example of one man's struggle to find reason amidst the tragedies of our time; 3. A series of fallacies that fails to explain pertinent facts of our time; 4. A distraction from the facts that have led to the greatest environmental challenge humans have ever faced; 5. Time away from any consideration of the true value of natural resources (perhaps you're a Native American or an oil-soaked Eskimo? 6. A devilish laugh: You Have Found One Excellent Diversion! If not give 'The Story of Stupidity' a chance, especially if you are interested in facts and fallacies.Book Review: Must read book for just about everybody
Summary: 4 Stars
Thomas Sowell's latest work is masterful in it's simplicity, by a combination of clever anecdotes, well-researched and articulated facts and statistics, and brilliance Sowell is able to masterfully explain away false assumptions the vast majority of us have simply taken for granted, and in the same breathe creates a powerful argument for reanalyzing many of the approaches and methods taken to examining many of the current problems of the day. A must read not just for people interested in economics, but for basically everybody to have a better understanding of the workings of the world we live in.Book Review: Many Issues I Thought as Facts Are Actually Fallacies
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an excellent book with great merit and eloquence written by Dr. Sowell. In this book, Dr. Sowell has successfully differentiated facts from fallacies of many today's socio-economical issues. After reading this book, I am surprised that much of the political rhetoric preached by the mass media and politicians, which I held as facts, turned out to be fallacies. With this book, Dr. Sowell has convinced me not to simply take any issue (e.g., race, income, housing, education, environmental and etc.) that seems logical and plausible superficially, but cannot stand up to scrutiny, as fact.Book Review: Informative & interesting
Summary: 5 Stars
I always read Dr. Sowell's columns faithfully but this is the 1st book of his that I ever bought. I'm sorry now that I waited so long. This book presents a great deal of factual information presented in a clear, common-sense, logical manner. I personally love economics & statistics & so on but Dr. Sowell never gets bogged down in the numbers, he just presents his points in a concise, straightforward, easy-to-follow manner. Anybody who may be intrigued by economics but is wary of dry, academic discussions should give this book (or other works by Dr. Sowell) a try.Book Review: Great book, but at least 1 contradiction
Summary: 4 Stars
A very good book, does a great job of pointing out many fallacies that circulate in the USA. But I was disappointed in his citing of black "family incomes" below the poverty line in chapter 6. The statistics he cites in this chapter to show that the civil rights movement had a small influence in black poverty contradicts his discussion in chapter 5 about income fallacies, specifically the use of "Household income" to demonstrate a lack of income improvement among the poor. That contradiction stuck out to me like a sore thumb! Otherwise, a very enlightening book!