by Walter E. Williams

Walter Williams is known as the "people's economist" because of his gift of taking complex topics and explaining them in simple terms. This collection of his newspaper columns include his views on public education, affirmative action, school choice, environmental wackiness, the trade deficit, and why the predictions of "experts" always turn out wrong. Williams, chairman of the department of economics at George Mason University, writes with humor, vigor, and abundant common sense. Here's a sample: "The criminal huggers might ask, 'Williams, our jails are overcrowded. Where are we going to put the criminals?' Fly across our country and you will see plenty of open space." Or this: "The best thing Americans can do with experts is to charge them for each word of advice and then ignore their advice." This is a book that will simultaneously make you laugh out loud and think!