Thomas Sowell · 1980
A social science work arguing that knowledge is dispersed throughout society and that decision-making processes must account for this reality.
Peter Boettke recommends it for containing some of the best paragraphs ever written about human freedom and ordinary people.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“At the very end of his book, Knowledge and Decisions, which I think is doesn't get talked enough about. He has one of the best paragraphs I've ever read.”
Why: It features some of the best paragraphs ever written about human freedom and ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
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