An edition of The Vision of the Anointed
(1995)
The vision of the anointed
self-congratulation as a basis for social policy
by Thomas Sowell
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This critique of failed social policies of the past 30 years sees what has happened not as isolated mistakes, but as the consequence of the tainted vision of the "anointed", leading to crises in education, crime, and family dynamics, and to other social pathologies.
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The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation As a Basis for Social Policy
2000, Basic Books
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The vision of the anointed: self congratulation as a basis for social policy.
1996, Basic Books
in /languages/eng
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The vision of the anointed: self-congratulation as a basis for social policy
1995, BasicBooks
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"Dangers to a society may be mortal without being immediate."
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