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- catalog abstract ""With a new preface by the author, this reissue of Thomas Sowell's classic study of decision making updates his seminal work in the context of The Vision of the Annointed, Sowell, one of America's most celebrated public intellectuals, describes in concrete detail how knowledge is shared and disseminated throughout modern society. He warns that society suffers from an ever-widening gap between firsthand knowledge and decision making--a gap that threatens not only our economic and political efficiency, but our very freedom because actual knowledge gets replaced by assumptions based on an abstract and elitist social vision of what ought to be. Knowledge and Decisions, a winner of the 1980 Law and Economics Center Prize, was heralded as a "landmark work" and selected for this prize "because of its cogent contribution to our understanding of the differences between the market process and the process of government." In announcing the award, the center acclaimed Sowell, whose "contribution to our understanding of the process of regulation alone would make the book important, but in reemphasizing the diversity and efficiency that the market makes possible, [his] work goes deeper and becomes even more significant.""--publisher description (LoC)".
- catalog contributor b10295556.
- catalog created "1996 printing.".
- catalog date "1996 printing.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996 printing.".
- catalog description ""With a new preface by the author, this reissue of Thomas Sowell's classic study of decision making updates his seminal work in the context of The Vision of the Annointed, Sowell, one of America's most celebrated public intellectuals, describes in concrete detail how knowledge is shared and disseminated throughout modern society. He warns that society suffers from an ever-widening gap between firsthand knowledge and decision making--a gap that threatens not only our economic and political efficiency, but our very freedom because actual knowledge gets replaced by assumptions based on an abstract and elitist social vision of what ought to be. Knowledge and Decisions, a winner of the 1980 Law and Economics Center Prize, was heralded as a "landmark work" and selected for this prize "because of its cogent contribution to our understanding of the differences between the market process and the process of government." In announcing the award, the center acclaimed Sowell, whose "contribution to our understanding of the process of regulation alone would make the book important, but in reemphasizing the diversity and efficiency that the market makes possible, [his] work goes deeper and becomes even more significant.""--publisher description (LoC)".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 384-411) and index.".
- catalog description "SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS: The role of knowledge -- Decision-making process -- Economic trade-offs -- Social trade-offs -- Political trade-offs -- An Overview -- TRENDS AND ISSUES: Historical trends -- Trends in economics -- Trends in law -- Trends in politics.".
- catalog extent "xxvi, 422 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0465037380".
- catalog issued "1996 printing.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Basic Books,".
- catalog subject "302.3 21".
- catalog subject "Civilization, Modern.".
- catalog subject "Decision Making.".
- catalog subject "Decision making.".
- catalog subject "HM746 .S69 1996".
- catalog subject "Knowledge, Theory of.".
- catalog subject "Reality.".
- catalog tableOfContents "SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS: The role of knowledge -- Decision-making process -- Economic trade-offs -- Social trade-offs -- Political trade-offs -- An Overview -- TRENDS AND ISSUES: Historical trends -- Trends in economics -- Trends in law -- Trends in politics.".
- catalog title "Knowledge and decisions / Thomas Sowell.".
- catalog type "text".