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9%OFFThomas Sowell - Knowledge And Decisions - 9780465037384 - V9780465037384
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Knowledge And Decisions

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Description for Knowledge And Decisions Paperback. "With a new preface by the author, this updated reissue of Sowell's classic study describes in concrete detail how knowledge is shared and disseminated throughout modern society. Sowell discusses how r" Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNC; KC; LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 530.
With a new preface by the author, this reissue of Thomas Sowell's classic study of decision making updates his seminal work in the context of The Vision of the Annointed , Sowell, one of America's most celebrated public intellectuals, describes in concrete detail how knowledge is shared and disseminated throughout modern society. He warns that society suffers from an ever-widening gap between firsthand knowledge and decision making,a gap that threatens not only our economic and political efficiency, but our very freedom because actual knowledge gets replaced by assumptions based on an abstract and elitist social vision f what ought to be. Knowledge and Decisions , a winner of the 1980 Law and Economics centre Prize, was heralded as a "landmark work" and selected for this prize "because of its cogent contribution to our understanding of the differences between the market process and the process of government." In announcing the award, the centre acclaimed Sowell, whose "contribution to our understanding of the process of regulation alone would make the book important, but in reemphasizing the diversity and efficiency that the market makes possible, [his] work goes deeper and becomes even more significant."

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Basic Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780465037384
SKU
V9780465037384
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10

About Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell has taught economics at a number of colleges and universities, including Cornell, University of California Los Angeles, and Amherst. He has published both scholarly and popular articles and books on economics, and is currently a scholar in residence at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

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