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To: conservatism_IS_compassion
After three decades of following Professor Sowell's writing, I am blithe to say that my money would be on him in any intellectual argument with anyone who was fool enough to take for granted that they had a better grasp of economics, and more wisdom, than he.

I beat him on the impact of regulation on land use, hands down. Frankly, by comparison, both his arguments and his data are childishly over-simplified. His work is designed for a popular audience; it is by no means innovative.

33 posted on 10/12/2010 2:57:36 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The fourth estate IS the fifth column.)
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To: Carry_Okie
I beat him on the impact of regulation on land use, hands down.
On a quick look, without seeing the book, it certainly sounds good.
If it is as good as it appear, and if Professor Sowell has critiqued it negatively, you have a beef. But to say that I admire Dr. Sowell greatly does not imply that no one else needs to analyze anything.
Indeed, I have my own hobby horse which I would love to have the ability to expand into a book, and which to my knowledge Dr. Sowell nor any other major analyst has replicated elsewhere.
All I have to show for my analysis is documentation of my theory in the form of vanity threads on FR. It seems to me to satisfactorily answer challenges which bedevil conservatives who believe in the First Amendment and yet understand that "the MSM" are not objective but rather are in bed with the Democratic Party.
The Right to Know

Journalism and Objectivity

The Market for Conservative-Based News

Why Broadcast Journalism is Unnecessary and Illegitimate

Why the Associated Press is Pernicious to the Public Interest

47 posted on 10/13/2010 1:21:28 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (DRAFT PALIN)
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