Economic Facts and Fallacies

Economic Facts and Fallacies exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues-and does so in a lively manner and without requiring any prior knowledge of economics by the reader. These include many beliefs widely disseminated in the media and by politicians, such as mistaken ideas about urban problems, income differences, male-female economic differences, as wel...

Economic Facts and Fallacies exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues-and does so in a lively manner and without requiring any prior knowledge of economics by the reader. These include many beliefs widely disseminated in the media and by politicians, such as mistaken ideas about urban problems, income differences, male-female economic differences, as well as economics fallacies about academia, about race, and about Third World countries. One of the themes of Economic Facts and Fallacies is 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, as well as sometimes humorous. Written in the easy-to-follow style of the author’s Basic Economics, this latest book is able to go into greater depth, with real world examples, on specific issues.

托马斯·索维尔（Thomas Swowell）曾在康奈尔大学、加州大学洛杉矶分校、阿默斯特学院及其他学术机构讲授经济学课程，他所写的《基础经济学》（Basic Economics）一书被译成六种语言。他还广泛著书立说讨论其他社会问题。索威尔博士曾在政府部门、私有产业和独立的研究机构（“思想库”）中担任经济学家。他获得的荣誉包括全国人文学科奖牌、布莱德雷基金奖以及各种学术机构颁发给他的荣誉学位。他现在是斯坦福大学胡佛研究所的驻校学者。