Liberty Versus the Tyranny of Socialism: Controversial Essays
by Walter E. Williams
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Author: Walter E. WilliamsBrand: Spring Arbor/Ingram
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-10-10
ISBN: 0817949127
Number of pages: 377
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
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Book Review: A nice selection of logical, well reasoned, columns
Summary: 5 Stars
Once again, Mr. Williams has put together an excellent collection of some of his recent weekly columns. Mr. Williams has a way, by using layman's language and simple explanations, to get across to his reader the basic principles that tie liberty with the free market. In many instances he takes the "feel good - politically correct - ain't I a saint for believing in this" attitudes and points of view, and quickly and logically shows the fallacies and problems with these "good intentions". He is also good at illustrating the harm and, in some cases, the pure evil that emanates from those sanctimonious attitudes and the subsequent policies/laws that inevitably follow.
I know Mr. Williams doesn't consider himself a libertarian (or at least he claims that, at most, he's a libertarian with a small "l"), but I can find no one better who, on a weekly basis, can impart the libertarian point of view in such a logical and easy to comprehend manner as well as Walter Williams. In addition he uses some level of humor, occasionally, to make his point - always a plus in my book.
He's a true defender of liberty and the free market. His arguments have a firm foundation based in logic and reason - not "feeling". Keep up the good work, Mr. Williams, and continue the ongoing battle to defend liberty.
Summary of Liberty Versus the Tyranny of Socialism: Controversial Essays
In unyielding defense of personal liberty
In this selected collection of his syndicated newspaper columns, Walter E. Williams once again takes on the left wing's most sacred cows with provocative insights and brutal honesty. He offers his sometimes controversial views on education, health, the environment, government, law and society, race, and a range of other topics, always with an uncompromising reverence for personal liberty and the principles laid out in our Declaration of Independence and Constitution.
Do we want socialized medicine? Do peace treaties produce peace? What's wrong with education? What's discrimination? Do we really care about children? Is this the America we want? Williams answers these and other provocative questions with his usual unflinching candor. Although many of these thoughtful, hard-hitting essays focus on the growth of government and our loss of liberty, many others demonstrate how the tools of free market economics can be used to improve our lives in ways ordinary people can understand - not just in the realm of trade and the cost of goods and services but in such diverse areas as racial discrimination, national defense, and even marriage.
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