Listed below are all of his books and monographs that I’ve been able to track down. The links below will take you straight to the appropriate Amazon.com page where you can purchase it. Below each book are reviews that I’ve been able to track down, with links where available.
Online excerpts are noted where available.| Affirmative Action Around the World: An Empirical Study (2004) | |
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Affirmative Action Reconsidered: Was It Necessary in Academia? (1975)
The complete text of this monograph is now online. |
Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One (2003)
"How Economics Works", by Epstein, Richard A., National Review, 12/31/2003 |
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| Barbarians Inside the Gates (1998) | |
Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy (2000)
Review by Rober Meiners, Ideas on Liberty, November 2001 |
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| Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy (2004) | |
Black Education: Myths and Tragedies (1972)Read excerpt from Black Education: Myths and Tragedies |
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Black Rednecks And White Liberals: And Other Cultural And Ethnic Issues (2005)
"Chewing Nails", by Jay Nordlinger, National Review, August 29, 2005 |
Choosing a College: A Guide for Parents and Students (1989)
The complete text of this book is online |
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Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality? (1984)
Review by David Chilbin, Preface 13, Institute for Christian Economics, 1984 (PDF format, requires Adobe Acrobat) |
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| Classical Economics Reconsidered (1974) | |
Compassion Vs. Guilt and Other Essays (1987)
"Scourge of Deep Thinkers", by Joseph Sobran, National Review, October 9, 1987 |
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A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles (1987)
"Opposites Detract", The New Republic, February 2, 1987, by Dennis Wrong |
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Conquests and Cultures: An International History (1998)
Measuring the Influence of Human Capital, by Brian C. Anderson, IntellectualCapitol.com, June 4, 1998 |
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Controversial Essays (2002)
Note: The complete text of this book is online, in PDF format, at the Hoover Institute website. |
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The Economics and Politics of Race: An International Perspective (1982)
"Random Notes", by C. W., National Review, September 30, 1983 |
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Economics: Analysis and Issues (1971) |
Education: Assumptions vs. History (1986)
Congressional Testimony is reprinted here. |
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| The Einstein Syndrome: Bright Children Who Talk Late (2001) | |
Ethnic America: A History (1981)
"Race, Culture, and Reason" by Aaron Wildavsky, National Review, October 16, 1981 |
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Inside American Education: The Decline, the Deception, the Dogmas (1993)
"Revenge of the blob", by Chester E. Finn Jr., National Review, February 15, 1993 |
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Judicial Activism Reconsidered (1989)
The entire text of this monograph is now online. |
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Knowledge and Decisions (1980)
Note: the complete text of this book is available for purchase online at Questia.com |
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| Late-Talking Children (1997) | |
Markets and Minorities (1981)
Review by Tommy W. Rogers, Ideas on Liberty, October 1982 |
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Marxism: Philosophy and Economics (1985)
Review by Kenneth L. Marcus, Ideas on Liberty, October 1985 |
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Migrations and Cultures: A World View (1996)
Note: An excerpt from this book, "History and Culture" is available online. |
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Minimum Wage Escalation (1977)
The complete text of this monograph is now online |
| On Classical Economics (2006) | |
A Personal Odyssey (2000)
Note: An excerpt of this book is available online at the Hoover Institute website. |
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Pink and Brown People: and Other Controversial Essays (1981)
Review by Tommy W. Rogers, Ideas on Liberty, August 1983 |
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Preferential Policies: An International Perspective (1990)
Note: an article, “Affirmative Action: A Worldwide Disaster,” (Commentary December 1989, pp. 21-41.), was adapted from this book and is online. |
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The Quest for Cosmic Justice (1999)
Note: An excerpt of this book is available online at the Hoover Institute website. |
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Race and Culture: A World View (1994)
"Culture maven", by Jacob Cohen, National Review, November 7, 1994 |
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Race, Culture and Equality (1998)
The text of this monograph is completely online:Executive Summary |
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Race and Economics (1975)
"Shattering the Clichés of Race," by Michael Novak, The Wall Street Journal, September 4th, 1975. |
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| Say's Law: An Historical Analysis (1972) | |
Some Thoughts about Writing (2001)
The complete text of this monograph is online. |
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The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation As a Basis for Social Policy (1995)
"20/20 vision", by Robert P. George, National Review, October 23, 1995 |
American Ethnic Groups (1978)
Review by Allan C. Brownfeld, Ideas on Liberty, January 1980 |
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Essays and Data on American Ethnic Groups (1978)
More than 160 pages of statistical tables were added to the entire contents of American Ethnic Groups to form this volume. Tables are clustered under thirteen ethnic group headings: American Indians, Black Americans, Chinese Americans, Filipino Americans, German Americans, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Japanese Americans, Jewish Americans, Mexican Americans, Polish Americans, Puerto Ricans, and West Indians. |
"Ethnicity and IQ" in
The Bell Curve Wars, edited by Steven Fraser (1995)
Note: this is a reprint of the same article from The American Spectator, February, 1995 |
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"False Assumptions about Black Education", The Fairmont Papers (Black Alternatives Conference) (1981)
Note: The entire text of this book is available online for purchase from Questia.com. |
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| "Minorities and the City" in The Future of the Metropolis, edited by Eli Ginzberg (1974) | |
"Social Science and General Education" in
The Philosophy of the Curriculum, edited by Sidney Hook (1975)
(Sowell's contribution is reprinted in Education: Assumptions Versus History) |
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"Black Studies: Slogan or Social History?" in Black Studies, edited by Bayard Rustin |
| "Economics and Economic Man," in The Americans, 1976: An Inquiry into Fundamental Concepts of Man Underlying Various U.S. Institutions, edited by Irving Kristol and Paul H. Weaver | |
| "Culture, Economics, and Politics" in The Cultural Context of Economics and Politics, edited by T. W. Boxx and G. M. Quinlivan | |
| Adam Smith and Modern Political Economy: Bicentennial Essays on the Wealth of Nations, edited by G. P. O’Driscoll (1979) | |
| "Jean-Baptiste Say," Vol. 4, p. 249; "Say's Law," Ibid., pp. 249-251; "Jean Charles Leonard Simonde deSismondi," Ibid., pp. 348-350; "Stigler as a Historian of Economic Thought," Ibid., pp. 498-499; "Thorstein Veblen," Ibid., pp. 799-800. in The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, Vol. 4 | |
| "Preferential Policies: An International Perspective" in Thinking About America: The United States in the 1990s, edited by A. Anderson and D. L. Bark | |
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"Introduction" in The Supreme Court's Busing Decisions (I.E.E.R., September 1978), by Lino A. Graglia |
"The Education of Minority Children,"
Education in the Twenty-First Century,
edited by Edward P. Lazear (Hoover Institution Press, 2002) pp. 79-92.
Note: The entire text of this book is available online here. |
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"Discrimination, Economics, and Culture,"
Beyond the Color Line: New Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in
America, edited by Abigail Thernstrom and Stephan Thernstrom
(Hoover Institution Press, 2002), pp. 167-180.
Note: The entire text of this book is available online here. |
Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality
The Economics and Politics of Race