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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

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About the Author

Thomas Sowell has taught economics at a number of colleges and universities, including Cornell, University of California Los Angeles, and Amherst. He has published both scholarly and popular articles and books on economics, and is currently a scholar in residence at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.