ECONOMIC ISSUES
ELECTRONIC MEDIA
“Chess Pieces and Income Statistics,” (in Chapter 3) Social Justice Fallacies by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook, Kindle) EXCERPT
Race and Economics by Walter E. Williams (eTextbook)
“‘Affordability,’” The Thomas Sowell Reader by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook, Kindle)
“Saving Lives,” The Thomas Sowell Reader by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook, Kindle)
“Union Myths,” The Thomas Sowell Reader by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook, Kindle)
“Intellectuals and Economics,” Intellectuals and Society, revised and enlarged edition, Part II, by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook, eTextbook)
“The Economics of Discrimination,” The Thomas Sowell Reader by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook, Kindle)
Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy, fifth edition, by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook, eTextbook)
Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman (Audiobook, Kindle)
Heaven on Earth: The Rise, Fall, and Afterlife of Socialism by Joshua Muravchik (Audiobook, Kindle)
Economics 101: Principles of Free Market Economics (Hillsdale College online course)
“Argentina’s Milei Gives the Davos Crowd a Spine Transplant,” Wall Street Journal, January 24, 2024, p. A15, available via the ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest) database
ESSAYS, ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
“Chess Pieces and Income Statistics,” Social Justice Fallacies, pp. 62–70, by Thomas Sowell
“Economics,” The Thomas Sowell Reader, pp. 69–125, by Thomas Sowell
“‘Affordability,’” The Thomas Sowell Reader, pp. 73–75, by Thomas Sowell
“Saving Lives,” The Thomas Sowell Reader, pp. 76–77, by Thomas Sowell
“Union Myths,” The Thomas Sowell Reader, pp. 71–72, by Thomas Sowell
“Business,” Intellectuals and Society, pp. 75–78, revised and enlarged edition, by Thomas Sowell
“Business ‘Power’ or ‘Control,’” Intellectuals and Society, revised and enlarged edition, pp. 78–84, by Thomas Sowell
“Argentina’s Milei Gives the Davos Crowd a Spine Transplant,” Wall Street Journal, January 24, 2024, p. A15
“The Economics of Discrimination,” The Thomas Sowell Reader, pp. 87–97, by Thomas Sowell
“Skyrocketing Mortgages Drive Homebuyers Out of Market,” Newsmax, January 2024, pp. 16–17, by David A. Patten
BASIC ECONOMICS
BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy, fifth edition, by Thomas Sowell
Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman
Race and Economics by Walter E. Williams
South Africa’s War Against Capitalism by Walter E. Williams
The Housing Boom and Bust, revised edition, by Thomas Sowell
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
Wealth, Poverty and Politics, revised and enlarged edition, by Thomas Sowell
An Historical Geography of Europe by N.J.G. Pounds
An Introduction to Economic Geography by N.J.G. Pounds
The Origins of Backwardness in Eastern Europe edited by Daniel Chirot
Equality, the Third World, and Economic Delusion by P.T. Bauer
Influences of Geographic Environment by Ellen Churchill Semple
The Boat People and Achievement in America: A Study of Family Life, Hard Work, and Cultural Values by Nathan Caplan, John K. Whitmore and Marcella H. Choy
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
ELECTRONIC MEDIA
“Chess Pieces and Income Statistics,” (in Chapter 3) Social Justice Fallacies by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook, Kindle) EXCERPT
“Ivan and Boris— and Us,” The Thomas Sowell Reader by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook, Kindle)
Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy, fifth edition, Part III, by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook, eTextbook)
“Exposing the Myth of American Income Inequality,” by Phil Gramm with Stephen Moore at the Heritage Foundation (speech and discussion)
ESSAYS, ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
“‘Income Distribution,’” The Thomas Sowell Reader, pp. 98–107, by Thomas Sowell
“Chess Pieces and Income Statistics,” Social Justice Fallacies, pp. 62–70, by Thomas Sowell
Capitalism and Freedom, Chapter X, by Milton Friedman
Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy, fifth edition, Part III, by Thomas Sowell
BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
“Trickle Down” Theory and “Tax Cuts for the Rich” by Thomas Sowell
The Myth of the Robber Barons: A New Look at the Rise of Big Business in America, eighth edition, Burton W. Folsom, Jr.
Affirmative Action Reconsidered: Was It Necessary in Academia? by Thomas Sowell
Women’s Figures, 2012 edition, by Diana Furchtgott-Roth
The Myth of American Inequality by Phil Gramm, et al.
MINIMUM WAGE LAWS
ELECTRONIC MEDIA
“Minimum Wage Laws,” The Thomas Sowell Reader by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook, Kindle)
“Minimum Wage Laws,”; “Minimum Wages and Unemployment,” (in Chapters 3, 4) Discrimination and Disparities, revised and enlarged edition, by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook, Kindle)
Race and Economics, Chapter 3, by Walter E. Williams (eTextbook)
ESSAYS, ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
“Minimum Wage Laws,” The Thomas Sowell Reader, pp. 108–117, by Thomas Sowell
“Minimum Wage Laws,”; “Minimum Wages and Unemployment,” Discrimination and Disparities, revised and enlarged edition, pp. 52–55, 105–110, by Thomas Sowell
Race and Economics, pp. 31–58, by Walter E. Williams
BUSINESS
BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
They Made America by Harold Evans
The Myth of the Robber Barons: A New Look at the Rise of Big Business in America, eighth edition, Burton W. Folsom, Jr.
The Wal-Mart Revolution by Richard K. Vedder and Wendell Cox
TAXATION
ELECTRONIC MEDIA
“Tax Rates versus Tax Revenues,” (in Chapter 3) Social Justice Fallacies by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook, Kindle)
ESSAYS, ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
“Tax Rates versus Tax Revenues,” Social Justice Fallacies, pp. 51–53, by Thomas Sowell
BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
“Trickle Down” Theory and “Tax Cuts for the Rich” by Thomas Sowell
The Seven Fat Years: And How to Do It Again by Robert L. Bartley