{"product_id":"wealth-poverty-and-politics-hardcover","title":"Wealth, Poverty and Politics - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Sowell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWealth, Poverty, and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in this country, argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion about income inequality in America. Pundits and politically motivated economists trumpet ambiguous statistics and sensational theories while ignoring the true determinant of income inequality: the \u003ci\u003eproduction\u003c\/i\u003e of wealth. We cannot properly understand inequality if we focus exclusively on the distribution of wealth and ignore wealth production factors such as geography, demography, and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSowell contends that liberals have a particular interest in misreading the data and chastises them for using income inequality as an argument for the welfare state. Refuting Thomas Piketty, Paul Krugman, and others on the left, Sowell draws on accurate empirical data to show that the inequality is not nearly as extreme or sensational as we have been led to believe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranscending partisanship through a careful examination of data, \u003ci\u003eWealth, Poverty, and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the truth about the most explosive political issue of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Sowell \u003c\/b\u003eis a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is the author of dozens of books including \u003ci\u003eCharter Schools and Their Enemies\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2021 Hayek Book Prize. He is the recipient of numerous other awards, including the National Humanities Medal, presented by the President of the United States in 2003.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 x 9.3 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45099650744502,"sku":"9780465096763","price":47.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/4516\/0886\/files\/standing-straight-view_d4ce0bbf-b5ad-47f4-82a2-552fce1e6286.png?v=1777683318","url":"https:\/\/sovereignarchivepublishing.com\/products\/wealth-poverty-and-politics-hardcover","provider":"Sovereign Archive Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}