Is Reality Optional?

And Other Essays

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Is Reality Optional?

By: Thomas Sowell

Narrated by: Leon Nixon

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Summary

Thomas 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.

Thomas SowellLeon NixonTantor Media

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Whenever I'm exposed to the thoughts of the genius that is Thomas Sowell, I'm reminded yet again why I feel Economics should be mandatory in schools. Well put together and exceptionally narrated.

As apt today as the day the stories were written

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After reading reviews I thought I would love this. I wanted to. But in the end, I found a lot of the arguments to be aimed at straw men and poorly researched for a book about "reality".

This is for the scared conservative America, fighting for relevancy in a world they don't want to understand.

So anti-woke it's asleep

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I enjoyed this book as I do everything by Thomas Sowell, but it’s a collection of older essays rather than something new. That said it is still relevant (unfortunately)

Good but not his best

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