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**tpdirorg** · 02-27-2006, 10:39 PM

I highly recommend two books by Thomas Sowell:

Basic Economics: A Citizens Guide to the Economy, Revised and Expanded

Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One

Both are excellent

Is there really any educational meat to these two books or is it strictly like his columns where he will say things like "the political left has virtually no interest in the creation of wealth" or claim that the furor over illegal wiretaps is a "phony crisis"? Having read his stuff fairly regularly I know I will need to tie myself to the chair to keep from tipping over on my right side while I read

Every time I'm about to admit how smart the man is I bump up against the question of how anyone as intelligent as he seems could possibly spend so much time writing partisan invective.

So I guess my real question is are these really explanations of economics for the layman or just a few hundred pages of why I would be better off if GE and Exxon didn't have to deal with all these awful labor laws, environmental regs and product liability claims?

02-27-2006, 10:39 PM	#23
tpdirorg Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 372 Senior Member	I highly recommend two books by Thomas Sowell: Basic Economics: A Citizens Guide to the Economy, Revised and Expanded Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One Both are excellent Is there really any educational meat to these two books or is it strictly like his columns where he will say things like "the political left has virtually no interest in the creation of wealth" or claim that the furor over illegal wiretaps is a "phony crisis"? Having read his stuff fairly regularly I know I will need to tie myself to the chair to keep from tipping over on my right side while I read Every time I'm about to admit how smart the man is I bump up against the question of how anyone as intelligent as he seems could possibly spend so much time writing partisan invective. So I guess my real question is are these really explanations of economics for the layman or just a few hundred pages of why I would be better off if GE and Exxon didn't have to deal with all these awful labor laws, environmental regs and product liability claims?
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