I love Thomas Sowell.And I highly renocmemd his book "Economic Facts and Fallacies".It exposes the many devastating unintended consequence of well-meaning "social justice" policies.For example, the give-everyone-a-student-loan-because-everyone-deserves-a-college-education policy is what is driving college costs through the roof.As Dr. Sowell explains, when everyone could get a mortgage home prices did NOT become more affordable they became completely unaffordable. Since everyone can get a student loan or gov't grant, colleges have absolutely NO incentive to lower their costs and run efficiently.Unlike getting out of paying a mortgage through foreclosure, it is almost impossible to get out of paying a student loan and the gov't knows it. Their newest plan, to forgive student loans in exchange for 10 yrs of public service is just about as evil as it gets.Get the book. Great read!

by Juliana 03:52:33 PM 2012.08.30