• ISBN13: 9780465022038
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Economics
• Publisher: Hachette
• Publisher Imprint: Hachette India
• Publication Date: June 15, 2011
• Pages: 282
• Original Price: INR 1520.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 290 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Economics / Macroeconomics

Thomas Sowell's indispensable examination of the most popular economic fallaciesIn Economic Facts and Fallacies, Thomas Sowell exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues in a lively manner that does not require any prior knowledge of economics. These fallacies include many beliefs widely disseminated in the media and by politicians, such as fallacies about urban problems, income differences, male-female economic differences, as well as economic fallacies about academia, about race, and about Third World countries.Sowell shows that fallacies are not simply crazy ideas but in fact have a certain plausibility that gives them their staying power--and makes careful examination of their flaws both necessary and important.

Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is the author of dozens of books including Charter Schools and Their Enemies, 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.