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; 1994 "[[The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life]]" by [[Charles Murray]] and [[Richard Herrnstein]]. | ; 1994 "[[The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life]]" by [[Charles Murray]] and [[Richard Herrnstein]]. | ||
: The argument was based on numerous faulty assumptions, statistical monkey business and appeal to racist inclinations. Not peer reviewed before publication. No support for the genetic claims made in this book has ever been found. | : The argument was based on numerous faulty assumptions, statistical monkey business and appeal to racist inclinations. Not peer reviewed before publication. No support for the genetic claims made in this book has ever been found. | ||
| + | ; 1978 "[[The Way the World Works]] by [[Jude Wanniski]]. | ||
| + | : Laid out the central thesis of supply-side economics and promoted the Laffer Curve. This fraud was promoted as Reaganomics, which failed to produce the promised results. | ||
; 1977 "[[Anarchy, State, and Utopia]]" by [[Robert Nozick]]. | ; 1977 "[[Anarchy, State, and Utopia]]" by [[Robert Nozick]]. | ||
: A major libertarian text. Two major frauds, brilliantly concealed: (1) it denies, yet resorts to consequentialism and (2) it completely fails to justify initial acquisition, needed for property rights. | : A major libertarian text. Two major frauds, brilliantly concealed: (1) it denies, yet resorts to consequentialism and (2) it completely fails to justify initial acquisition, needed for property rights. | ||
