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DEVELOPED  CAPABILITIES

ELECTRONIC  MEDIA
“Consequences Matter: Thomas Sowell on ‘Social Justice Fallacies’”:  Interviewed on Uncommon Knowledge by Peter Robinson (Web Series)

“‘Equal Chances’ Fallacies,” Social Justice Fallacies by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook, Kindle)

Wealth, Poverty and Politics: An International Perspective by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook, eTextbook)
The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America by Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld (Audiobook, Kindle)

ESSAYS,  ARTICLES  AND  CHAPTERS

“‘Equal Chances’ Fallacies,” Social Justice Fallacies, pp. 1–21, by Thomas Sowell

 Black Rednecks and White Liberals, pp. 1–63, by Thomas Sowell

“An Overview,” Conquests and Cultures by Thomas Sowell

BOOKS  AND  MONOGRAPHS

Wealth, Poverty and Politics, revised and enlarged edition, by Thomas Sowell
The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of

Cultural Groups in America by Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld

Influences of Geographic Environment by Ellen Churchill Semple
Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950 by Charles Murray

Equality, the Third World, and Economic Delusion by P.T. Bauer

The Moral Basis of a Backward Society by Edward C. Banfield

INNATE  POTENTIALITIES

ELECTRONIC  MEDIA

“Race and IQ,” Ever Wonder Why? by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook, eTextbook)

“Genetic Determinism,” (within Chapter 2) Social Justice Fallacies by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook, Kindle)

“James R. Flynn, Who Found We’re Getting Smarter, and Why, Dies at 86,” New York Times, January 27, 2021, p. B10, by Clay Risen, available via the ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest) database

“The Black-White IQ Gap: Charles Murray vs. James Flynn (2006 Debate), from an event at the American Enterprise Institute, available on YouTube at Aporia Podcast
ESSAYS,  ARTICLES  AND  CHAPTERS

“Race and IQ,” Ever Wonder Why? pp. 413–421, by Thomas Sowell

“Genetic Determinism,” Social Justice Fallacies, pp. 29–44, by Thomas Sowell 

“Race and Intelligence,” Intellectuals and Society, revised and enlarged edition, pp. 414–440, by Thomas Sowell

“Massive IQ Gains in 14 Nations: What IQ Tests Really Measure,” Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 101, No. 2 (1987), pp. 171–191, by James R. Flynn

“The Mean IQ of Americans: Massive Gains 1932 to 1978,” Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 95, No. 1 (1984), pp. 29–51, by James R. Flynn

“Ethnic Differences in Cognitive Ability,” The Bell Curve, Chapter 13, by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray

“The Educational Achievement of a Group of Gifted Negro Children,” Journal of Educational Psychology, Volume 25, Issue 8 (November 1934), pp. 585–597, by P.A. Witty and M.D. Jenkins

“A Follow-up Study of the Educational Attainment of Gifted Negroes,” Journal of Educational Psychology, Volume 34, Issue 1 (January 1943), pp. 35–47, by Paul Witty and Viola Theman

BOOKS  AND  MONOGRAPHS

Are We Getting Smarter? Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century by James R. Flynn

Intelligence and Cultural Environment by Philip E. Vernon

Terman’s Kids by Joel N. Shurkin

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