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Affirmative Action Around the World
- Author
- Thomas Sowell
- Narrator
- Robertson Dean
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 14 January 2025
- Run Time
- 7 hours 24 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
An eminent authority presents a new perspective on affirmative action in a provocative book that stirred fresh debate about this vitally important issue when it was published in 2005.
In this important book, an eminent authority presents a new perspective on affirmative action, investigating its actual consequences in the United States and in other countries where it has been in effect. Evaluating his empirical data, Thomas Sowell concludes that race preference programs worldwide have not met expectations and have often produced the opposite of what was originally intended.
Critics Review
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“A delight: terse, well–argued, and utterly convincing.”
The Economist (London)
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“Another brilliant, bracing achievement by Thomas Sowell. With characteristic lucidity, erudition, and depth, Sowell examines the true effects of affirmative action around the globe. This book is compelling, important, mind-opening.”
Amy Chua, author of World on Fire
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Details
- Author
- Thomas Sowell
- Narrator
- Robertson Dean
- Duration
- 7 hours 24 minutes
- Release Date
- 14 January 2025
- ISBN
- 9798228299320
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Central / national / federal government policies, Society and culture: general, Social discrimination and equal treatment
Synopsis
An eminent authority presents a new perspective on affirmative action in a provocative book that stirred fresh debate about this vitally important issue when it was published in 2005.In this important book, an eminent authority presents a new perspective on affirmative action, investigating its actual consequences in the United States and in other countries where it has been in effect. Evaluating his empirical data, Thomas Sowell concludes that race preference programs worldwide have not met expectations and have often produced the opposite of what was originally intended.
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