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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Thomas Sowell |
| ISBN: | 9780465003457 0465003451 |
| OCLC Number: | 260206351 |
| Description: | viii, 336 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Politics versus economics -- Free and unfree labor -- The economics of medical care -- The economics of housing -- Risky business -- The economics of immigration -- The economics of discrimination -- The economic development of nations. |
| Responsibility: | Thomas Sowell. |
Abstract:
Discusses about the application of economics to major contemporary real world problems - housing, medical care, discrimination, the economic development of nations. This book examines economic policies in terms of their immediate effects and in terms of their later repercussions, which are often very different and longer lasting.
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