Intellectuals And Race by Thomas Sowell
The Use and Abuse of Intelligence
A careful critique of how public intellectuals shape racial discourse and policy by privileging grand theories and moral convictions over empirical evidence, leading to persistent policy errors and unintended consequences; the book examines historical data and contemporary examples to argue that cultural, economic, and institutional factors — not just discrimination — help explain group disparities, and warns that policies crafted without attention to incentives, trade-offs, and real-world outcomes often harm those they intend to help.
- Published
- 2013
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 416 pages
- Original Language
- English
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