LEADER 05788nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910822210803321 005 20240416160452.0 010 $a0-8179-4753-1 010 $a0-8179-4758-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000001163253 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301886 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301886 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10622939 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL545391 035 $a(OCoLC)253604328 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001163253 100 $a20060302d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEver wonder why? and other controversial essays /$fThomas Sowell 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aStanford, Calif. $cHoover Institution Press$dc2006 215 $axv, 460 p 225 1 $aHoover Institution Press publication ;$vno. 548 311 $a0-8179-4752-3 311 $a1-306-14140-0 327 $aFront Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I: The Culture Wars -- Ever Wonder Why? -- Animal Rites -- "Us" or "Them"? -- Twisted History -- Explaining to the Grand Kids -- Human Livestock -- The Wright Stuff -- The Legacy of Eric Hoffer -- One-Uppers versus Survival -- The Equality Dogma -- The Inequality Dogma -- Equality, Inequality, and Fate -- Hiroshima -- The Tyranny of Visions -- The Tyranny of Visions: Part II -- The Tyranny of Visions: Part III -- The Immigration Taboo -- The Left Monopoly -- I Beg to Disagree -- 4th Estate or 5th Column? -- Part II: Economic Issues -- Why Economists Are Not Popular -- Housing Hurdles -- The "Cost" of Medical Care -- Subsidies Are All Wet -- A Taxing Experience -- Profits without Honor -- Profits without Honor: Part II -- Two Earthquakes -- Peter Bauer (1915-2002) -- Journalists and Economics -- Stock Crash Aftermath -- Milton Friedman at 90 -- "Price Gouging" in Florida -- Economic "Power" -- A Relic of the Recent Past -- Who Can Afford It? -- Free-Lunch Medicine -- Free-Lunch Medicine: Part II -- Free-Lunch Medicine: Part III -- Manufacturing Confusion -- A Cold Shower -- An Old "New Vision" -- Third World Sweatshops -- Third World Sweatshops: Part II -- Privatizing Social Security -- Privatizing Social Security: Part II -- "Living Wage" Kills Jobs -- A Happy Birthday? -- Part III: Legal Issues -- Calculated Confusion -- Judges and Judgment -- Justice for Little Angelo -- Property Rites -- Property Rites: Part II -- Property Rites: Part III -- Foreign Law Is Not Law -- Medical Lawsuits -- Fixing the Jury System -- Half a Century after Brown -- Half a Century after Brown: Part II -- Half a Century after Brown: Part III -- Umpires, Judges, and Others -- Big Business and Quotas -- The Grand Fraud -- The Grand Fraud: Part II -- The Grand Fraud: Part III -- The Grand Fraud: Part IV. 327 $aSaving Quotas -- The High Cost of Nuances -- The Polio Fallacy -- Part IV: Political Issues -- Spoiled Brat Politics -- Spoiled Brat Politics: Part II -- The "Compassion" Racket -- Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) -- Gun Control Myths -- Gun Control Myths: Part II -- A Painful Anniversary -- The High Cost of Shibboleths -- "Why Do They Hate Us?" -- Foreign "Allies" -- My Platform -- The Oldest Fraud -- The Left's Vision -- The Left's Vocabulary -- Abstract People -- Looking Back -- Part V: Social Issues -- Mealy Mouth Media -- Achievements and Their Causes -- Talkers versus Doers -- Talkers versus Doers: Part II -- Liberals and Class -- Liberals and Class: Part II -- Liberals and Class: Part III -- The Autism "Spectrum" -- The High Cost of Busybodies -- The High Cost of Busybodies: Part II -- The High Cost of Busybodies: Part III -- The High Cost of Busybodies: Part IV -- "Partial Truth" Abortion -- Lying about Yosemite -- Growing Old -- April Fools' Party -- Part VI: Education Issues -- Choosing a College -- The Idiocy of "Relevance" -- Julian Stanley and Bright Children -- For What Purpose? -- School Performances -- School Performances: Part II -- School Performances: Part III -- College Admissions Voodoo -- Summer De-Programming -- Fat in California's Budget -- A Scary Report -- "Teaching to the Test" -- "Teaching to the Test": Part II -- "Teaching to the Test": Part III -- Smart "Problems" -- Vouchers Vindicated -- Artificial Stupidity -- "Good" Teachers -- A Sign of the Times -- Suspicious Stats -- Peers and Pied Pipers -- Part VII: Racial Issues -- Older Budweiser -- Rosa Parks and History -- "Friends" of Blacks -- "Friends" of Blacks: Part II -- Recycled "Racism" -- Dangerous Democracy? -- Are Cops Racist? -- Rattling the Chains -- Roasting Walter Williams -- "Diversity" in India -- Race and IQ -- Race and IQ: Part II -- Race and IQ: Part III. 327 $aAn Old War and a New One -- Silly Letters -- Black History Month -- Bravo for Bill Cosby -- Quota "Logic" -- Quota "Logic": Part II -- Part VIII: Random Thoughts -- Random Thoughts. 410 0$aHoover Institution Press publication ;$v548. 606 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States 606 $aPopular culture$zUnited States 606 $aIntellectuals$zUnited States$xAttitudes 606 $aPolitical activists$zUnited States$xAttitudes 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1989- 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$y2001-2009 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations 615 0$aPolitical culture 615 0$aPopular culture 615 0$aIntellectuals$xAttitudes. 615 0$aPolitical activists$xAttitudes. 676 $a973.92 700 $aSowell$b Thomas$f1930-$0119994 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822210803321 996 $aEver wonder why? 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