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The Vision of the Annointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
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The Vision of the Annointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy Paperback - 1996

by Thomas Sowell

The nationally bestselling author of Race and Culture and Inside America presents a devastating examination of the mind-set behind the failed social policies of the past 30 years, whose defects have led to crises on education, crime, and family dynamics, "An important and incisive book".--New York Times Book Review.

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Dangers to a society may be mortal without being immediate.

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  • Title The Vision of the Annointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
  • Author Thomas Sowell
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Later Printing
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books, New York
  • Date 1996-06-28
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780465089956 / 046508995X
  • Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.05 x 5.3 x 0.86 in (20.45 x 13.46 x 2.18 cm)
  • Reading level 1710
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Social policy, Elite (Social sciences) - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95012670
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.520

About the author

Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is the author of dozens of books including Charter Schools and Their Enemies, winner of the 2021 Hayek Book Prize. He is the recipient of numerous other awards, including the National Humanities Medal, presented by the President of the United States in 2003.

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