Title: Barbarians inside the gates--and other controversial essays
First published: 1999
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.
Subjects: Politics and government, Social conditions, Civilization, Economic conditions, Economic history, United states, civilization, 1970-, United states, politics and government, 1993-2001, United states, social conditions, 1980-, United states, economic conditions, 1981-2001
Places: United States
Time periods: 1970-, 1993-2001, 1980-, 1981-
LC classification: E169.12 .S667 1999