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Walter Williams
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All about Walter Williams |
"Try this thought experiment. Pretend you're a tyrant. Among your many liberty-destroying objectives are extermination of blacks, Jews and Catholics. Which would you prefer, a United States with political power centralized in Washington, powerful government agencies with detailed information on Americans and compliant states or power widely dispersed over 50 states, thousands of local jurisdictions and a limited federal government?" Walter Williams was born in Philadelphia and studied economics at California State university and UCLA (University of California Los Angeles). Apart from a doctorate in economics, he holds doctorates in humane letters, law, and social science (h.c.). Throughout his life, Williams published six books and innumerable articles. He is constantly invited to speak on T.V. and radio and writes a weekly column that is distributed to about 160 newspapers. He obtained many awards and currently lectures at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Williams became famous for his book The State Against Blacks, published in 1982 (later turned into the T.V. documentary "Good Intentions"), which led to many animosities and even threats of murder. Williams analyzed how the state, even though often based on good intentions, harms black people in the U.S. more than it helps them. He critizes a kind of "lefist" racism that regards black people as helpless and wants to keep them dependent of the state. The harsh reaction on the "left" shifted the perception of Williams to the right, even though he considers himself a "libertarian" (= radical liberal). Wiliams has a keen interest in South African policies. In his book South Africa's War Against Capitalism, he thoroughly critizes current politics as an obstacle to economic development in South Africa. Bibliography:
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