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A Cure Worse Than the Disease
Fighting Discrimination Through Government Control
by Walter E. Williams ; Lester O'Shea
ISBN: 0873190483
ISBN-13: 9780873190480
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Hallberg Pub Corp
Published date: 1999
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.3 pounds
Pages: 267
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