Discrimination and Disparities

An enlarged edition of Thomas Sowell's brilliant examination of the origins of economic disparities
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.
Discrimination and Disparities 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.

• Black Rednecks and White Liberals
• Economic Facts and Fallacies, 2nd edition
• Wealth, Poverty and Politics
• Basic Economics
• The Quest for Cosmic Justice
• The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
• A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
• Trickle Down Theory and Tax Cuts for the Rich
• Intellectuals and Race
• Economic Facts and Fallacies