" First Bastiat writes about what is seen and not seen, then Hazlitt expands this idea in Economics in One Lesson; now Thomas Sowell writes a contemporay explanation of these basic ideas in Applied Economics. All good economists think beyond stage one. Unfortantely "good" politicians don't, and they know most voters don't (see Bryan Caplan's, Myth of the Rational Voter). "
— Lynn, 1/17/2014