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The must-read summary of Thomas Sowell's book: “Intellectuals and Society”.
This complete summary of "Intellectuals and Society" by Thomas Sowell, a renowned American economist and social theorist, presents his examination of the great influence of intellectuals on modern society and his analysis of the incentives and constraints under which their ideas have developed. Most importantly he points out that their views have often been proved to be wrong by empirical evidence and how little their views have changed after that.
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To learn more, read "Intellectuals and Society" and discover how intellectuals' views have changed over a century and how this influences society.
The influence of intellectuals on modern society is much greater than in previous eras and this influence has been achieved not by shaping the opinions or directing the actions of the holders of power, but by shaping public opinion in ways that affect the actions of power holders in democratic societies, whether or not those power holders truly accept the general vision or the particular policies favored by intellectuals.
In Intellectuals and Society, Sowell not only examines the track record of intellectuals in the things they have advocated, but also analyzes the incentives and constraints under which their views and visions have emerged. One of the most surprising aspects of this study is how often intellectuals have been proved not only wrong, but grossly and disastrously wrong in their prescriptions for the ills of
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