Intellectuals and Society
Échec de l'ajout au panier.
Échec de l'ajout à la liste d'envies.
Échec de la suppression de la liste d’envies.
Échec du suivi du balado
Ne plus suivre le balado a échoué
1 mois d'essai gratuit à Audible Standard
Acheter pour 23,62 $
-
Narrateur(s):
-
Tom Weiner
-
Auteur(s):
-
Thomas Sowell
À propos de cet audio
This is a study of how intellectuals as a class affect modern societies by shaping the climate of opinion in which official policies develop, on issues ranging from economics to law to war and peace.
The thesis of Intellectuals and Society is that the influence of intellectuals is not only greater than in previous eras but also takes a very different form from that envisioned by those like Machiavelli and others who have wanted to directly influence rulers. It has not been by shaping the opinions or directing the actions of the holders of power that modern intellectuals have most influenced the course of events, but by shaping public opinion in ways that affect the actions of power holders in democratic societies, whether or not those power holders accept the general vision or the particular policies favored by intellectuals. Even government leaders with disdain or contempt for intellectuals have had to bend to the climate of opinion shaped by those intellectuals.
Intellectuals and Society not only examines the track record of intellectuals in the things they have advocated but also analyzes the incentives and constraints under which their views and visions have emerged. One of the most surprising aspects of this study is how often intellectuals have been proved not only wrong, but grossly and disastrously wrong in their prescriptions for the ills of society-- and how little their views have changed in response to empirical evidence of the disasters entailed by those views.
©2009 Thomas Sowell (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.Vous pourriez aussi aimer...
-
Black Rednecks and White Liberals
- Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
- Narrateur(s): Hugh Mann
- Durée: 11 h et 9 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global421
-
Performance361
-
Histoire360
This explosive new audiobook challenges many of the long-held assumptions about blacks, about Jews, about Germans and Nazis, about slavery, and about education. Plainly written, powerfully reasoned, and backed with a startling array of documented facts, Black Rednecks and White Liberals takes on the trendy intellectuals of our times as well as historic interpreters of American life.
-
-
I Was Enthrolled
- Écrit par DGFeijoo le 2019-03-22
Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
-
Economic Facts and Fallacies
- Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
- Narrateur(s): Jeff Riggenbach
- Durée: 9 h et 45 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global92
-
Performance73
-
Histoire73
Economic Facts and Fallacies is designed for people who want to understand economic issues without getting bogged down in economic jargon, graphs, or political rhetoric. Writing in a lively manner that does not require any prior knowledge of economics, Thomas Sowell exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues, including many that are widely disseminated in the media and by politicians.
-
-
Every person needs to hear this
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2017-10-30
Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
-
The Vision of the Anointed
- Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
- Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
- Narrateur(s): Jim Seybert
- Durée: 11 h et 26 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global37
-
Performance29
-
Histoire29
The Vision of the Anointed is a devastating critique of the mindset behind the failed social policies of the past thirty years. Thomas Sowell sees what has happened not as a series of isolated mistakes, but as a logical consequence of a vision whose defects have led to disasters in education, crime, family disintegration, and other social pathology. In this book, "politically correct" theory is repeatedly confronted with facts-and sharp contradictions between the two are explained in terms of a whole set of self-congratulatory assumptions held by political and intellectual elites.
-
-
Essential 2022 reading. all about Trudeau
- Écrit par Mike le 2022-07-21
Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
-
Knowledge and Decisions
- Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
- Narrateur(s): Robertson Dean
- Durée: 20 h et 53 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global64
-
Performance58
-
Histoire58
This reissue of Thomas Sowell’s classic study of decision making, which includes a preface by the author, updates his seminal work in the context of The Vision of the Anointed. Sowell, one of America’s most celebrated public intellectuals, describes in concrete detail how knowledge is shared and disseminated throughout modern society. He warns that society suffers from an ever-widening gap between firsthand knowledge and decision making—a gap that threatens not only our economic and political efficiency but our very freedom.
-
-
Brilliant. Required material for modern humans
- Écrit par Matt le 2018-04-26
Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
-
Basic Economics, Fifth Edition
- A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
- Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
- Narrateur(s): Stefan Rudnicki
- Durée: 28 h et 6 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global10
-
Performance9
-
Histoire9
In this fifth edition of Basic Economics, Thomas Sowell revises and updates his popular book on commonsense economics, bringing the world into clearer focus through a basic understanding of the fundamental economic principles and how they explain our lives. Drawing on lively examples from around the world and from centuries of history, Sowell explains basic economic principles for the general public in plain English.
-
-
a great introduction to economics
- Écrit par John Healy le 2024-05-27
Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
-
Wealth, Poverty, and Politics
- An International Perspective
- Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
- Narrateur(s): David Cochran Heath
- Durée: 8 h et 27 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global151
-
Performance123
-
Histoire119
In Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in the country, argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion about income inequality in America. Pundits and politically motivated economists trumpet ambiguous statistics and sensational theories while ignoring the true determinant of income inequality: the production of wealth.
-
-
Perspective Shattering
- Écrit par Stefanie le 2021-05-28
Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
-
Black Rednecks and White Liberals
- Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
- Narrateur(s): Hugh Mann
- Durée: 11 h et 9 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global421
-
Performance361
-
Histoire360
This explosive new audiobook challenges many of the long-held assumptions about blacks, about Jews, about Germans and Nazis, about slavery, and about education. Plainly written, powerfully reasoned, and backed with a startling array of documented facts, Black Rednecks and White Liberals takes on the trendy intellectuals of our times as well as historic interpreters of American life.
-
-
I Was Enthrolled
- Écrit par DGFeijoo le 2019-03-22
Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
-
Economic Facts and Fallacies
- Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
- Narrateur(s): Jeff Riggenbach
- Durée: 9 h et 45 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global92
-
Performance73
-
Histoire73
Economic Facts and Fallacies is designed for people who want to understand economic issues without getting bogged down in economic jargon, graphs, or political rhetoric. Writing in a lively manner that does not require any prior knowledge of economics, Thomas Sowell exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues, including many that are widely disseminated in the media and by politicians.
-
-
Every person needs to hear this
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2017-10-30
Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
-
The Vision of the Anointed
- Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
- Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
- Narrateur(s): Jim Seybert
- Durée: 11 h et 26 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global37
-
Performance29
-
Histoire29
The Vision of the Anointed is a devastating critique of the mindset behind the failed social policies of the past thirty years. Thomas Sowell sees what has happened not as a series of isolated mistakes, but as a logical consequence of a vision whose defects have led to disasters in education, crime, family disintegration, and other social pathology. In this book, "politically correct" theory is repeatedly confronted with facts-and sharp contradictions between the two are explained in terms of a whole set of self-congratulatory assumptions held by political and intellectual elites.
-
-
Essential 2022 reading. all about Trudeau
- Écrit par Mike le 2022-07-21
Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
-
Knowledge and Decisions
- Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
- Narrateur(s): Robertson Dean
- Durée: 20 h et 53 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global64
-
Performance58
-
Histoire58
This reissue of Thomas Sowell’s classic study of decision making, which includes a preface by the author, updates his seminal work in the context of The Vision of the Anointed. Sowell, one of America’s most celebrated public intellectuals, describes in concrete detail how knowledge is shared and disseminated throughout modern society. He warns that society suffers from an ever-widening gap between firsthand knowledge and decision making—a gap that threatens not only our economic and political efficiency but our very freedom.
-
-
Brilliant. Required material for modern humans
- Écrit par Matt le 2018-04-26
Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
-
Basic Economics, Fifth Edition
- A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
- Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
- Narrateur(s): Stefan Rudnicki
- Durée: 28 h et 6 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global10
-
Performance9
-
Histoire9
In this fifth edition of Basic Economics, Thomas Sowell revises and updates his popular book on commonsense economics, bringing the world into clearer focus through a basic understanding of the fundamental economic principles and how they explain our lives. Drawing on lively examples from around the world and from centuries of history, Sowell explains basic economic principles for the general public in plain English.
-
-
a great introduction to economics
- Écrit par John Healy le 2024-05-27
Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
-
Wealth, Poverty, and Politics
- An International Perspective
- Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
- Narrateur(s): David Cochran Heath
- Durée: 8 h et 27 min
- Version intégrale
-
Au global151
-
Performance123
-
Histoire119
In Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in the country, argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion about income inequality in America. Pundits and politically motivated economists trumpet ambiguous statistics and sensational theories while ignoring the true determinant of income inequality: the production of wealth.
-
-
Perspective Shattering
- Écrit par Stefanie le 2021-05-28
Auteur(s): Thomas Sowell
Incredibly well written
Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
Thomas Sowell is masterful
Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
Must read
Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
I have read many great books but this one is #1
Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
I would say that this book is fundamental to understand present times.
Mind opening book
Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.