Ever Wonder Why?

Ever Wonder Why?
Author: Thomas Sowell
Publisher: Hoover Press
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2013-09-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0817947531

Thomas Sowell takes aim at a range of legal, social, racial, educational, and economic issues in this latest collection of his controversial, never boring, always thought-provoking essays. From "gun control myths" to "mealy mouth media" to "free lunch medicine," Sowell gets to the heart of the matters we all care about with his characteristically unsparing candor.

Controversial Essays

Controversial Essays
Author: Thomas Sowell
Publisher: Hoover Press
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2013-09-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0817929932

One of conservatism's most articulate voices dissects today's most important economic, racial, political, education, legal, and social issues, sharing his entertaining and thought-provoking insights on a wide range of contentious subjects. --"This book contains an abundance of wisdom on a large number of economic issues." --Mises Review

Compassion Versus Guilt, and Other Essays

Compassion Versus Guilt, and Other Essays
Author: Thomas Sowell
Publisher: William Morrow
Total Pages: 262
Release: 1987
Genre: History
ISBN:

Collection of columnist Thomas Sowell's controversial columns about issues ranging from homelessness, foreign policy, AIDS, environmentalism, education, law, race and nostalgia.

Affirmative Action Around the World

Affirmative Action Around the World
Author: Thomas Sowell
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780300107753

An eminent authority presents a new perspective on affirmative action in a provocative book that will stir fresh debate about this vitally important issue

Liberty Versus the Tyranny of Socialism

Liberty Versus the Tyranny of Socialism
Author: Walter E. Williams
Publisher: Hoover Press
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2013-09-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0817949135

In this selected collection of his syndicated newspaper columns, Walter Williams offers his sometimes controversial views on education, health, the environment, government, law and society, race, and a range of other topics. Although many of these essays focus on the growth of government and our loss of liberty, many others demonstrate how the tools of freemarket economics can be used to improve our lives in ways ordinary people can understand.

Inside American Education

Inside American Education
Author: Thomas Sowell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 567
Release: 2010-05-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1439107629

An indictment of the American educational system criticizes the fact that the system has discarded the traditional goals of transmitting knowledge and fostering cognitive skills in favor of building self-esteem and promoting social harmony.

Is Reality Optional?

Is Reality Optional?
Author: Thomas Sowell
Publisher: Hoover Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2020-06-19
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0817992669

Sowell challenges all the assumptions of contemporary liberalism on issues ranging from the economy to race to education in this collection of controversial essays, and captures his thoughts on politics, race, and common sense with a section at the end for thought-provoking quotes.

How

How
Author: Dov Seidman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2011-09-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118167686

The flood of information, unprecedented transparency, increasing interconnectedness-and our global interde¬pendence-are dramatically reshaping today's world, the world of business, and our lives. We are in the Era of Behavior and the rules of the game have fundamentally changed. It is no longer what you do that matters most and sets you apart from others, but how you do what you do. Whats are commodities, easily duplicated or reverse-engineered. Sustainable advantage and enduring success for organizations and the people who work for them now lie in the realm of how, the new frontier of conduct. For almost two decades, Dov Seidman's pioneering organi¬zation, LRN, has helped some of the world's most respected companies build "do it right," winning cultures and inspire principled performance throughout their organizations. Seidman's distinct vision of the world, business, and human endeavor has helped enable more than 15 million people do¬ing business in more than 120 countries to outbehave the competition. In HOW: Why HOW We Do Anything Means Everything, Dov Seidman shares his unique approach with you. Now updated and expanded, HOW includes a new Fore¬word from President Bill Clinton and a new Preface from Dov Seidman on why how we behave, lead, govern, operate, consume, engender trust in our relationships, and relate to others matters more than ever and in ways it never has before. Through entertaining anecdotes, surprising case studies, cutting-edge research in a wide range of fields, and reveal¬ing interviews with a diverse group of leaders, business executives, experts, and everyday people on the front lines, this book explores how we think, how we behave, how we lead, and how we govern our institutions and ourselves to uncover the values-inspired "hows" of twenty-first-century success and significance. Divided into four comprehensive parts, this insightful book: Exposes the forces and factors that have fundamentally restructured the world in which organizations operate and their people conduct themselves, placing a new focus on their hows Provides frameworks to help you understand those hows and implement them in powerful and productive ways Helps you channel your actions and decisions in order to thrive uniquely within today's new realities Sheds light on the systems of how-the dynamics between people that shape organizational culture-andintroduces a bold new vision for leading and winning through self-governance The qualities that many once thought of as "soft"-values, trust, and reputation-are now the hard currency of success and the ultimate drivers of efficiency, performance, innova¬tion, and growth. With in-depth insights and practical advice, HOW will help you bring excellence and significance to your business endeavors- and your life-and refocus your efforts in powerful new ways. If you want to stand out, to thrive in our fast changing, hyper¬connected, and hypertransparent world, read this book and discover HOW.

Damned Lies and Statistics

Damned Lies and Statistics
Author: Joel Best
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2012-08-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0520953517

Here, by popular demand, is the updated edition to Joel Best's classic guide to understanding how numbers can confuse us. In his new afterword, Best uses examples from recent policy debates to reflect on the challenges to improving statistical literacy. Since its publication ten years ago, Damned Lies and Statistics has emerged as the go-to handbook for spotting bad statistics and learning to think critically about these influential numbers.

Barbarians Inside the Gates--and Other Controversial Essays

Barbarians Inside the Gates--and Other Controversial Essays
Author: Thomas Sowell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1999
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

In this latest collection of his always provocative essays, Thomas Sowell once again demonstrates why he is one of the most thoughtful, readable, and controversial thinkers of our time. With his usual unrelenting candor, Sowell cuts through the stereotypes, popular mythology, and "mush" surrounding the critical issues facing our nation today.