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“Mac Donald shows what happens when bad ideas control the intellectual marketplace. This book shows the consequences of the ill-thought out social experimentation conducted on the poor by the privileged classes. ”
Sorella M wrote this review Saturday, June 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Government folly. It surrounds all of us. Heather MacDonald has done an excellent job of illuminating the lunacy and its impact upon all of us.”
Daniel M wrote this review Monday, June 30 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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Susan K wrote this review Thursday, May 22 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Ideas have consequences, as Richard Weaver wrote in his classic book of that title. Economist F.A. Hayek referred to intellectuals as the "professional second-hand dealers in ideas."
Ron B wrote this review Friday, February 22 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Well, bad ideas have bad consequences, and the trouble is the intellectuals who peddle them don't bear the burden of their invalidated theories, as Thomas Sowell has been pointing out for decades. Heather MacDonald, Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, chronicles a seemingly never-ending litany of really stupid ideas that you have to have a PhD to believe they'd work. This is a fantastic book, by an informed and informative writer.”
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