false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255892090m/2064279.jpg 2064279 4 From one of America's most distinguished economists, a short, brilliant and revelatory book: the fundamental ideas people most commonly get wrong about economics, and how to think about the subject better. <br><br> <I>Economic Facts and Fallacies</I> 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 readers. These fallacies include many beliefs widely disseminated in the media and by politicians, such as fallacies about urban problems, income differences, male-female economic differences, as well as economics fallacies about academia, about race, and about Third World countries. <br><br> One of the themes of <I>Economic Facts and Fallacies</I> 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. <br><br> Written in the easy to follow style of the author's <I>Basic Economics</I>, this latest book is able to go into greater depth, with real world examples, on specific issues. 3350358 31 12 2007 Economic Facts and Fallacies total:160|5:52|4:64|3:35|2:6|1:3| 160 636 402 50 3 1 false false Sat Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 18:31:45 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 02:46:40 -0700 2008
I really liked his point about traditional wives investing int he economic future of their husbands. I never thought about it that w...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jun 06 21:48:28 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 12 09:01:18 -0800 2008 He spends quite a bit of time debunking economic myths and explaining the real reasons why for example, real estate near S...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jun 16 13:04:52 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 13:30:13 -0700 2009 Thomas Sowell tackles economic issues that effect many of us in the course of our lives and breaks them down to the point where we can clearly see the simple choices that people make and how dynamicall...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 06:09:55 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 09:09:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 21:39:31 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 07:37:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 13:52:25 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 14:11:41 -0800 2009 interesting) were "Academic Facts and Fallacies" as well as "Income Facts and Fallacies." Throughout the book Sowell highlights a solid set of tools with which readers' can analyze the validity or...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 13:42:47 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 08:07:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 13:49:55 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 09:50:02 -0700 2009
He's adequately hard on "third parties" intervening into situations where two parties will do. But I wonder if he falls prey to one o...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 15 17:01:40 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 16:48:21 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 17:01:40 -0700 2009 -is the belief that what is true of a part is true of the whole.

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The book is mostly a litany of facts and anecdotes that attempt to call into question of refute some popular or commonly-held beliefs or would-be facts about economics. I think the author's thesis is that you need to...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Oct 24 14:10:23 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 07 12:25:26 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 15 08:35:43 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 17 08:56:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 14:21:57 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 08:58:43 -0700 2008
The book really doesn't focus so much on economi...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 18 11:54:54 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 11:59:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 21 21:06:20 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 21:56:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 14:48:46 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 14:50:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 15 09:02:16 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 09:15:45 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 09:36:23 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 19:43:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Feb 05 08:08:11 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 12 18:11:30 -0700 2009 Basic Economics." While there was some, it was pretty insignificant. I also worried that the chapters didn't sound very economic-ish. Race? Gender? What? But they were and they were ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jul 08 03:21:45 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 03:43:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2064279