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These selections from the many writings of Thomas Sowell over a period of half a century cover social, economic, cultural, legal, educational, and political issues. The sources range from Dr. Sowell’s letters, books, newspaper columns, and articles in both scholarly journals and popular magazines. The topics range from latetalking children to tax cuts for the rich, baseball, race, war, the role of judges, medical care, and the rhetoric of politicians.

Of the three dominant ideologies of the 20th century - fascism, communism, and liberalism - only the last remains. This has created a peculiar situation in which liberalism's proponents tend to forget that it is an ideology and not the natural end-state of human political evolution. As Patrick Deneen argues in this provocative book, liberalism is built on a foundation of contradictions.

The world is in turmoil. From India to Turkey and from Poland to the United States, authoritarian populists have seized power. As a result democracy itself may now be at risk. Two core components of liberal democracy - individual rights and the popular will - are at war with each other. As the role of money in politics soared and important issues were taken out of public contestation, a system of "rights without democracy" took hold. Populists who rail against this say they want to return power to the people. But in practice they create a system of "democracy without rights."

Solo tre settimane dopo la sua morte gli eredi ordinano la liberazione di oltre un milione di prigionieri, la fine delle torture e il rispetto dei diritti degli arrestati. Solo tre anni dopo, nel 1956, denunciano al mondo che "il Massimo Genio e il Massimo Condottiero di tutti i tempi e di tutti i popoli" è stato un tiranno spietato. Passano due anni dal crollo del muro di Berlino e la sua grandiosa costruzione economica si affloscia, inerte, su sé stessa.