- Economics, Economic conditions, Economics, study and teaching, Economic history
"Why are homeless people sleeping on the sidewalks of New York in the winter, when the abandoned apartment buildings in the city have four times as many dwelling units as there are homeless people in the city?
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Earnest, spare, cool and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Thomas Sowell
- First published
- December 26, 2000
- Pages
- 627
- Publisher
- Blackstone Audiobooks, Cheng bang wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si, Basic Books
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- English, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9780786146710
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