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    Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays
    Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays
    Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays
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    Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays

    By Thomas Sowell

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    Sowell challenges all the assumptions of contemporary liberalism on issues ranging from the economy to race to education in this collection of controversial essays, and captures his thoughts on politics, race, and common sense with a section at the end for thought-provoking quotes.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIndependent Publishers Group
    Release dateJun 19, 2020
    ISBN9780817992668
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    Thomas Sowell

    Thomas Sowell is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He has been a professor of economics at leading American colleges and universities and has lectured in Singapore, Israel, Switzerland, and Germany, as well as across the United States.

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