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Challenging the "social justice" vision of the civilized world, Sowell, a Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institute, argues that that statistical disparities in socioeconomic outcomes are not due either to biased treatment or genetic deficiencies of the less fortunate. He covers disparities and prerequisites; discrimination: meaning and costs; sorting and unsorting people; the world of numbers; the world of words; social vision and human consequences; and facts, assumptions, and goals. Annotation ©2020 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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<div><div><b>An enlarged edition of Thomas Sowell's brilliant examination of the origins of economic disparities</b></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><div>Economic and other outcomes differ vastly among individuals, groups, and nations. Many explanations have been offered for the differences. Some believe that those with less fortunate outcomes are victims of genetics. Others believe that those who are less fortunate are victims of the more fortunate.</div><div><br></div><div><i>Discrimination and Disparities</i> gathers a wide array of empirical evidence to challenge the idea that different economic outcomes can be explained by any one factor, be it discrimination, exploitation, or genetics. This revised and enlarged edition also analyzes the human consequences of the prevailing social vision of these disparities and the policies based on that vision--from educational disasters to widespread crime and violence.</div></div></div>
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