Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays

This collection of Sowell's essays is bound to make people explode in anger. Sowell is the finest writer I've ever read and his controversial essays were even more fun to read than his other works because he could ignore the formality and let the analogy, simile and other figure of speech flow freel......more

Controversial, if not downright scandalous collection of essays from my favorite American Economist. If this is your first Sowell book, just know that although he seems to have lost any/all measure of "chill" (as exemplified by some of the more ranty essays), he is in fact one of the most informed,......more

This is a book that all folks should read. Thomas Sowell is a black economist that is extremely level headed and displays a high degree of common sense that anybody could look up to as a excellent role model. This book was published in 1999 but the articles come from the entirety of the 90s I believ......more

extremely sharp and informative. especially for those who wants to overlook their ingrained posture. ძალიან მაგარია!!!......more

This is an amusing collection of essays. I don't share Sowell's view on a number of issues, but this man really writes with compelling clarity. The essays are about society, economics, politics, law, racial issues, and education—and what's wrong with all of them. While topics such as "Gays in the Mi......more