walter williams
Walter E. Williams received a bachelor's degree in economics from California State University in 1965, a master's degree in 1967 and a doctorate in 1972 in economics from the University of California at Los Angeles. He currently is a Professor of Economics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He has also served on many other faculties such as, Los Angeles City College, California State University and Temple University. He was also a group supervisor for juvenile delinquents for the Los Angeles County Probation Department from 1963-1967. Williams recalls that his work with juvenile delinquents was very challenging and stressful and after four years he needed to move on. Williams has written more than 50 publications and almost all of them have appeared in scholarly journals, such as The Economic Inquiry, American Economic Review and The Social Science Quarterly. He was very proud when 2 of his publications made it to the Wall Street Journal and Newsweek. He also made many appearances on T.V. shows such as Nightline, Crossfire and Face the Nation. Alon
Another controversial issue with Williams occurs in Nazi, Germany. "It was illegal to conceal Jews or assist them in escape" (Williams, 1997). Many Germans violated this law. Should they be held accountable for their actions? In the U.S., according to the Fugitive Slave Act, penalties were given to any person who was found of aiding and abetting. He disagrees with the slave act declaring it immoral. He questions was it this law that was not moral and it should not of been obeyed. Willliams agrees with Lysander Spooner, who states,"No person or group of persons can authorize government to destroy or take away from men their natural rights; for natural right are inalienable and can no more be surrendered to government- which is but an association of individuals, than to a single individual" (Williams, 1997). Williams is a very intelligent man with some great ideas. I would like to see him become more popular and maybe even a new spokesman for the black community. He would easily take the place of Al Sharpton and do a lot better job. -------------------------
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