Intellectuals and Society - by Thomas Sowell (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This book describes how intellectuals as a class affect modern societies by shaping the climate of opinion in which official policies develop--on issues ranging from economics to law to war and peace.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>The influence of intellectuals</i> is not only greater than in previous eras but also takes a very different form from that envisioned by those like Machiavelli and others who have wanted to directly influence rulers. It has not been by shaping the opinions or directing the actions of the holders of power that modern intellectuals have most influenced the course of events, but by shaping public opinion in ways that affect the actions of power holders in democratic societies, whether or not those power holders accept the general vision or the particular policies favored by intellectuals. Even government leaders with disdain or contempt for intellectuals have had to bend to the climate of opinion shaped by those intellectuals. <p/><i>Intellectuals and Society</i> 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 society -- and how little their views have changed in response to empirical evidence of the disasters entailed by those views.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>America's best writer on economics, particularly when that discipline intersects with politics.--<i><b>World</b></i><br><br>It's a scandal that economist Thomas Sowell has not been awarded the Nobel Prize. No one alive has turned out so many insightful, richly researched books.--<b>Steve Forbes</b><br><br>Thomas Sowell is, in my opinion, the most interesting philosopher at work in America.--<b>Paul Johnson</b>, <i><b>author of Modern Times</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Thomas Sowell </b>is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is the author of dozens of books including <i>Charter Schools and Their Enemies</i>, winner of the 2021 Hayek Book Prize. He is the recipient of numerous other awards, including the National Humanities Medal, presented by the President of the United States in 2003.
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