Description
| Product ID: | 9780465089956 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | The Vision of the Anointed |
| Subtitle: | Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy |
| Authors: | Author: Thomas Sowell |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Social and ethical issues, Social issues & processes, Social welfare and social services, Central / national / federal government policies, Social welfare & social services, Central government policies, USA |
| Description: | Sowell presents a devastating critique of the mind-set behind the failed social policies of the past thirty years. Sowell sees what has happened during that time not as a series of isolated mistakes b Sowell presents a devastating critique of the mind-set behind the failed social policies of the past thirty years. Sowell sees what has happened during that time not as a series of isolated mistakes but as a logical consequence of a tainted vision whose defects have led to crises in education, crime, and family dynamics, and to other social pathologies. In this book, he describes how elites,the anointed,have replaced facts and rational thinking with rhetorical assertions, thereby altering the course of our social policy. |
| Imprint Name: | Basic Books |
| Publisher Name: | Basic Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1996-06-28 |
