Barbarians inside the gates--and other controversial essays
By: Thomas Sowell.
Series: Hoover Institution Press publication ;; no. 450; Hoover Institution Press publication ;; 450.
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: United States -- Civilization -- 1970-; United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001.; United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-; United States -- Economic conditions -- 1981-
Description: In this latest collection of his always provocative essays, Thomas Sowell once again demonstrates why he is one of the most thoughtful, readable, and controversial thinkers of our time. With his usual unrelenting candor, Sowell cuts through the stereotypes, popular mythology, and "mush" surrounding the critical issues facing our nation today.

Combining reason and common sense with actual historical and statistical evidence, he challenges the assumptions of those cultural and political elites he calls "the anointed" - those who are "presuming or pretending to know answers that could be applied through government programs" - and offers a hard-hitting perspective that is uniquely his own.
Notes: A collection of the author's columns from Forbes magazine and from Creators Syndicate.