Sergey Machulskis reviewed Basic economics by Thomas Sowell
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4 stars
Useful read. I no longer believe those who talk about things selling "below their real value" or about
how terrible it is for the United States to be "a debtor nation". I'm skeptic about government programs to make this or that "affordable". Same skepticism goes for statements and statistics about "the rich" and "the poor". Same with notion of "greed" of capitalists. It's not mysterious why so many places with rent control laws also have housing shortages.
Writing is mediocre, ideas are good. First chapters are especially terrible, I had a feeling that there was no editing. Most of the examples are repetitive, it was pretty annoying. I wish it was more straight (maybe even cynical). But it's written in a simple language, that's a plus.
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