All It Takes Is Guts: A Minority View (Library Edition) [Unabridged, Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Walter E. Williams (Author), Peter Kjenass (Reader)

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Publication Date: August 1, 1997

Praised by Thomas Sowell, these columns are both entertaining and enlightening.

This is a collection of Walter Williams' essays, drawn from his syndicated column. Williams writes with brilliant clarity--and he doesn't mince words. He destroys a number of prevailing myths, such as economic and social disparities being the result of racism and economic sanctions punishing the South African blacks more that the whites. Williams explains why the nature of congressmen is not to act in the national interest and shows how government regulations hinder rather than help the disadvantaged.

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WALTER E. WILLIAMS is the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics and chairman of the economics department at George Mason University and a nationally syndicated columnist. He is the author of several books and more than sixty articles that have appeared in scholarly journals such as Economic Inquiry, American Economic Review, and Social Science Quarterly, as well as popular publications such as Reader's Digest, Regulation, Policy Review, and Newsweek.

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• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.; Unabridged edition (August 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786100206
• ISBN-13: 978-0786100200
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.8 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,066,222 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a wonderful book, May 18, 1998

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This review is from: All It Takes Is Guts: A Minority View (Library Edition) (Audio Cassette)

This book is terrific in that it shows, in a common sense, easy to read way, just how hurtful and harmful government regulations are to minorities. Professor Williams is certainly not shy about exposing the "myths" of many of the "good" government programs.

This is a wonderfully refreshing book by a man not afraid to tell it like it is.

For anyone looking to read a book about why the plight of blacks/other minorities does not change even though we constantly hear about "expanding government programs" and "investing" in people, this book is for you.