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Liberty versus the Tyranny of Socialism: Controversial Essays
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Liberty versus the Tyranny of Socialism: Controversial Essays
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by Walter E. Williams
Sales Rank : 9204
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Paperback: 390 pages
Publisher: Hoover Inst Pr; 1st edition October 10, 2008
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0817949127
ISBN-13: 978-0817949129
Product Dimensions:
9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Product Description
In unyielding defense of personal liberty
In this selected collection of his syndicated newspaper columns, Walter E. Williams once again takes on the left wing's most sacred cows with provocative insights and brutal honesty. He offers his sometimes controversial views on education, health, the environment, government, law and society, race, and a range of other topics, always with an uncompromising reverence for personal liberty and the principles laid out in our Declaration of Independence and Constitution.
Do we want socialized medicine? Do peace treaties produce peace? What's wrong with education? What's discrimination? Do we really care about children? Is this the America we want? Williams answers these and other provocative questions with his usual unflinching candor. Although many of these thoughtful, hard-hitting essays focus on the growth of government and our loss of liberty, many others demonstrate how the tools of free market economics can be used to improve our lives in ways ordinary people can understand - not just in the realm of trade and the cost of goods and services but in such diverse areas as racial discrimination, national defense, and even marriage.
About The Author
Walter E. Williams is the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics and chairman of the economics department at George Mason University and a nationally syndicated columnist. Williams is the author of several books and more than sixty articles which have appeared in scholarly journals such as Economic Inquiry, American Economic Review, and Social Science Quarterly and popular publications such as Reader's Digest, Regulation, Policy Review, and Newsweek.
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