The Vision of the Anointed
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The Vision of the Anointed
| Author | Thomas Sowell |
|---|---|
| Published | 1995 |
| Pages | 305 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Thomas Sowell’s argument that a self-selected intellectual class adopts policies for what holding them signals rather than for their results — and that the pattern repeats: a crisis is announced, a solution enacted, the prediction contradicted, and the critics’ motives attacked. |
Where I heard about it
- Brendan McCord — on his Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List (March 2026), in the Modern Conservatism section, which collects the tradition’s critiques of the administrative and intellectual class; Sowell is its most systematic empirical version, and this is the book that states the mechanism rather than a particular case. It is marked with a ☑️ on the list, which gives no legend for the mark. The full list is on The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List.
About this edition
Sowell works the pattern through welfare, crime, education and family policy, including cases where the trend being blamed on inaction had already been improving before the intervention.
Connections
- The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List — the curriculum this card came from.
- Government — the policy apparatus the book is an attack on.
- Incentives — Sowell’s alternative frame for explaining the outcomes.
- Regulation — the instrument he argues is adopted for its symbolism.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.