Archive for Allan C. Brownfeld
Book Review: The Economics And Politics of Race: an International Perspective by Thomas Sowell
(William Morrow & Co., Inc., 105 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016), 1983 324 pages • $15.95 cloth Do certain groups advance in society at varying rates because of the attitude of society toward them? Does discrimination against a given group cause it to do less well economically and educationally than those groups which do [...]
1Apr1984 | Allan C. Brownfeld | 0 comments | ContinuedBook Review: The Fairmont Papers (Black Alternatives Conference) by Thomas Sowell and others
(Institute for Contemporary Studies, 260 California St., San Francisco, Calif. 94111) 174 pages • $5.95 paperback One of the most interesting developments on the nation’s intellectual scene is the turning away of many black Americans from the welfare state philosophy which so many era-braced in the 1960s and early 1970s. Black academicians and others have [...]
1Oct1981 | Allan C. Brownfeld | 0 comments | ContinuedBook Review: Black America and Organized Labor: A Fair Deal? by Walter E. Williams, Loren A. Smith and Wendell W. Gunn
(The Lincoln Institute for Research and Education, 1735 DeSales, N.W., Suite 500, Washington, D.C. 20036) 60 pages • $5.00 paper The importance of this slim volume is not to be measured by the number of pages it contains, but by the potency of the ideas it releases. The sponsor of this study, The Lincoln Institute, [...]
1Feb1981 | Allan C. Brownfeld | 0 comments | ContinuedKnowledge and Decisions
Mr. Brownfeld, of Alexendria, Virginia, Is a free-lance author, editor and lecturer especially interested In political science. Thomas Sowell, professor of economics at U.C.L.A. and the author of such important books as Classical Economics Reconsidered (1974) and Race and Economics (1975) is one of the most articulate advocates of the free market in the United [...]
1Aug1980 | Allan C. Brownfeld | 0 comments | ContinuedBook Review: American Ethnic Groups edited by Thomas Sowell
(The Urban Institute, 2100 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037) • 249 pages • $7.50 Why have some racial, religious and ethnic groups advanced rapidly in the American society while others have progressed economically and educationally more slowly? Are some groups inherently superior, or is there something in the background of each which may account [...]
1Jan1980 | Allan C. Brownfeld | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Inherent Inefficiency of Government Bureaucracy
Inefficiency in public enterprise is no accident; it is built into such noncompetitive endeavors.
1Jun1977 | Allan C. Brownfeld | 2 comments | ContinuedIs Freedom High on Today’s Agenda?
Freedom, alas, is more often given away than taken away.
1Sep1975 | Allan C. Brownfeld | 0 comments | ContinuedHow Rent Controls Hurt the Poor
Price-fixing results in a shortage of available housing.
1Mar1975 | Allan C. Brownfeld | 1 comment | ContinuedA Theme for the Bicentennial: The Founding Fathers’ Fear of Power
A review of the early warnings about the concentration of political power.
1Oct1974 | Allan C. Brownfeld | 1 comment | ContinuedThe False God of Politics
Man cannot find in Washington, D.C., answers to questions each must answer for himself.
1Feb1974 | Allan C. Brownfeld | 0 comments | ContinuedPolitical Corruption
One result of all-powerful government and centralized power.
1Nov1973 | Allan C. Brownfeld | 0 comments | Continued-
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