Sowell: The Pathology of Academics Who Constantly Get It Wrong (video)
Dr. Thomas Sowell
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American intellectuals by and large said the USSR had a better system.
Intellectuals said that the USA should unilaterally disarm before Reagan won the Cold War.
British intellectuals called for English disarmament before WWII.
Leftist academics get the effect of tax policy wrong almost every time....etc.