ABILITY ISSUES
DEVELOPED CAPABILITIES
ELECTRONIC MEDIA
“Consequences Matter: Thomas Sowell on ‘Social Justice Fallacies’”: Interviewed on
Uncommon Knowledge by Peter Robinson (Web Series)
“‘Equal Chances’ Fallacies,” Social Justice Fallacies by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook,
“Wealth, Poverty, and Politics”: Thomas Sowell interviewed on Uncommon
Knowledge by Peter Robinson (Web Series)
Wealth, Poverty and Politics, revised and enlarged edition, by Thomas Sowell
(Audiobook, eTextbook, Kindle)
The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of
Cultural Groups in America by Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld (Audiobook,
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ESSAYS, ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS​
“‘Equal Chances’ Fallacies,” Social Justice Fallacies, pp. 1–21, by Thomas Sowell
Black Rednecks and White Liberals, pp. 1–63, by Thomas Sowell
“An Overview,” Conquests and Cultures, pp. 329–363, by Thomas Sowell​
BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
Wealth, Poverty and Politics, revised and enlarged edition, by Thomas Sowell
The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall
of Cultural Groups in America by Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld
Influences of Geographic Environment by Ellen Churchill Semple
Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and
Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950 by Charles Murray
Equality, the Third World, and Economic Delusion by P.T. Bauer
The Moral Basis of a Backward Society by Edward C. Banfield
INNATE POTENTIALITIES
ELECTRONIC MEDIA
“Race and IQ,” Ever Wonder Why? by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook, eTextbook)
“The Perils of Race Science,” Charles Murray interviewed by Coleman Hughes
on Conversations with Coleman podcast
“Charles Murray Talks About ‘The Bell Curve’ with Brian Lamb,” on the C-SPAN
“The Black-White IQ Gap: Charles Murray vs. James Flynn (2006 Debate),” from an
event at the American Enterprise Institute, available on YouTube at Aporia
“Genetic Determinism,” (within Chapter 2) Social Justice Fallacies by Thomas
“James R. Flynn, Who Found We’re Getting Smarter, and Why, Dies at 86,” New York
Times, January 27, 2021, p. B10, by Clay Risen, available via the ABI/INFORM
ESSAYS, ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS​
“Race and IQ,” Ever Wonder Why? pp. 413–421, by Thomas Sowell
“Genetic Determinism,” Social Justice Fallacies, pp. 29–44, by Thomas Sowell
“Race and Intelligence,” Intellectuals and Society, revised and enlarged edition,
“Massive IQ Gains in 14 Nations: What IQ Tests Really Measure,” Psychological
Bulletin, Vol. 101, No. 2 (1987), pp. 171–191, by James R. Flynn
“The Mean IQ of Americans: Massive Gains 1932 to 1978,” Psychological Bulletin,
Vol. 95, No. 1 (1984), pp. 29–51, by James R. Flynn
“Ethnic Differences in Cognitive Ability,” The Bell Curve, Chapter 13, by Richard J.
“The Educational Achievement of a Group of Gifted Negro Children,” Journal of
Educational Psychology, Volume 25, Issue 8 (November 1934), pp. 585–
597, by P.A. Witty and M.D. Jenkins
“A Follow-up Study of the Educational Attainment of Gifted Negroes,” Journal of
Educational Psychology, Volume 34, Issue 1 (January 1943), pp. 35–47, by
​BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
​Are We Getting Smarter? Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century by James R.
Intelligence and Cultural Environment by Philip E. Vernon
Terman’s Kids by Joel N. Shurkin
The Relationship of Certain Measurable Factors in the Personal and
Educational Backgrounds of Two Groups of Baltimore Negroes,
Identified as Superior and Average in Intelligence as Fourth Grade
Children, to their Educational, Social and Economic Achievement in
Adulthood (Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, New York University, 1956),
University Microfilms, unpaged Introduction and pp. 75–94, by Edelbert G.