Knowledge and decisions
Written by Thomas Sowell
Reported by Robertson Dean
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BOOK DESCRIPTION
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 famous public intellectuals, describes in concrete and detailed detail how knowledge is shared and disseminated in modern society. He warns that society suffers from an ever-widening gap between direct knowledge and decision-making – a gap that threatens not only our economic and political effectiveness, but also our very freedom. In effect, real knowledge is replaced by assumptions based on an abstract and elitist social vision of what should be.
Knowledge and Decisions, winner of the Law and Economics Center Prize in 1980, was hailed as a landmark work and selected for the prize "because of its compelling contribution to our understanding of the differences between the market process and the process of government." . In announcing the prize, the center praised that "contribution alone to our understanding of the regulatory process would make the book important, but by emphasizing again the diversity and efficiency that the market makes possible, [this] work goes further and becomes even more in-depth. significant."
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Thomas Sowell taught economics at Cornell, UCLA, Amherst and other academic institutions, and his book Basic Economics has been translated into six languages. He is currently a scholar-in-residence at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He has published articles in academic journals and popular media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Fortune and writes a syndicated column that appears in newspapers across the country.
Robertson Dean has recorded hundreds of audiobooks in almost every genre. He has been nominated for several Audie Awards, won eight Headphones Awards and was named one of the best voices of 2010 by AudioFile magazine. He lives in Los Angeles, where he records books and acts in film, television and (especially) on stage.
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AUDIOBOOK DETAILS
Purchase on Google Play Books https://g.co/booksYT/AQAAAAB35E3kKM
French language
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc.
Published on: September 20, 2012
ISBN: 9781483073347
Duration: 20 h 53 min
Genres: Business and economics / Economics / General
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