{"product_id":"controversial-essays-9780817929923","title":"Controversial Essays","description":"One of conservatism's most articulate voices dissects today's most important economic, racial, political, education, legal, and social issues, sharing his entertaining and thought-provoking insights on a wide range of contentious subjects. --\"This book contains an abundance of wisdom on a large number of economic issues.\" --Mises Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Sowell\u003c\/b\u003e is the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe writes on economics, history, social policy, ethnicity, and the history of ideas. Sowell's current research focuses on cultural history in a world perspective. Sowell's journalistic writings include a nationally syndicated column that appears in more than 150 newspapers from Boston to Honolulu.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past three decades, Sowell has taught economics at various colleges and universities, including Cornell, Amherst, and the University of California at Los Angeles, as well as the history of ideas at Brandeis University. He has also been associated with three other research centers, in addition to the Hoover Institution. He was project director at the Urban Institute, 1972-1974, a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, 1976-77, and was an adjunct scholar of the American Enterprise Institute, 1975-76.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hoover Institution Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50669328924946,"sku":"9780817929923","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7c3ef34f-c6b0-45d7-8997-ca1894eac04b.jpg?v=1733758188","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/controversial-essays-9780817929923","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}