{"product_id":"the-vision-of-the-anointed-thomas-sowell-9780465089956","title":"The Vision of the Annointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of America's pre-eminent economists offers a provocative critique of the failures of liberalism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Vision of the Anointed\u003c\/i\u003e, Thomas 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Sowell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 046508995X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465089956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.05h x 5.30w x 0.86d","brand":"Thomas Sowell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053881356543,"sku":"9780465089956","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c67070b8-c265-4fc0-85cd-daf3195016cd.jpg?v=1685026768","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-vision-of-the-anointed-thomas-sowell-9780465089956","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}