Wealth, Poverty, and Politics: An International Perspective Audiobook (Free)

In Prosperity, Poverty, and Politics, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in the country, argues that politics and ideological struggles have resulted in dangerous confusion about income inequality in America. Pundits and politically motivated economists trumpet ambiguous figures and sensational theories while ignoring the real determinant of income inequality: the creation of wealth. We can not properly understand inequality if we concentrate exclusively over the about Wealth, Poverty, and Politics: An International Perspective distribution of prosperity and ignore prosperity production factors such as for example geography, demography, and culture.

Sowell contends that liberals have a specific interest in misreading the data and chastises them for using income inequality mainly because a disagreement for the welfare condition. Refuting Thomas Piketty, Paul Krugman, as well as others, Sowell draws on empirical data showing the inequality is not nearly as severe or sensational as we’ve been resulted in believe.

Transcending partisanship through a careful study of data, Wealth, Poverty, and Politics reveals the truth on the subject of one of the most explosive political problem of our time.

“Sowell is…the most original and interesting philosopher at work in the us.”-Paul Johnson, New York Times bestselling writer, praise for the author