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"In Maverick, Jason Riley explores the life and ideas of Thomas Sowell, one of America's most influential and trenchant Black social critics and conservative intellectuals alive today. Riley offers an introduction to Sowell's ideas, from race and inequality to politics, economics, and education. Riley considers Sowell's own history alongside the moments and movements that shaped his thinking."

"Black civil rights leaders have long supported ethnic identity politics and prioritized the integration of political institutions, and seldom has that strategy been questioned. In False Black Power?, Jason L. Riley takes an honest, factual look at why increased black political power has not paid off in the ways that civil rights leadership has promised. Recent decades have witnessed a proliferation of black elected officials, culminating in the historic presidency of Barack Obama. However, racial gaps in employment, income, homeownership, academic achievement, and other measures not only continue but in some cases have even widened. While other racial and ethnic groups in America have made economic advancement a priority, the focus on political capital for blacks has been a disadvantage, blocking them from the fiscal capital that helped power upward mobility among other groups. Riley explains why the political strategy of civil rights leaders has left so many blacks behind. The key to black economic advancement today is overcoming cultural handicaps, not attaining more political power. The book closes with thoughtful responses from key thought leaders Glenn Loury and John McWhorter"--Provided by publisher.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART 1: The Black Boom -- 1. Black Progress: Trump vs. Obama -- 2. The Immigration Distraction -- 3. The Minimum Wage Canard -- PART 2: Dissenting Points of View -- 4. Boom or Echo? by Juan Williams -- 5. The Wages of Immigration by Wilfred Reilly -- 6. A Response to Williams and Reilly -- Notes -- About the Contributors -- About the Author.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1: False Black Power -- 1: The Civil Rights Distraction -- 2: The Limits of Politics -- 3: False Black Power -- Part 2: Dissenting Points of View -- 4: Keeping Up With the Leftists -- 5: Black America -- 6: A Response to McWhorter and Loury -- Notes -- About the Contributors.