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{{Short description|1995 book by Thomas Sowell}}
{{Infobox book
| author       = [[Thomas Sowell]]
| name         = The Vision of the Anointed
| image        = The vision of the annointed bookcover.jpg
| caption      = Cover of the hardcover edition
| country      = United States
| language     = English
| subject      = [[Social policy]]
| publisher    = [[Basic Books]]
| pub_date     = 1995
| media_type   = Print ([[Hardcover]] and [[Paperback]]), [[Audiobook]], [[E-book]])
| pages        = 320
| isbn         = 978-0-465-08995-6
| preceded_by  = [[Race And Culture: A World View]]
| followed_by  = [[Knowledge and Decisions]]
}}

'''''The Vision of the Anointed''''' (1995) is a book by economist and political columnist [[Thomas Sowell]] which brands people and organizations that he calls "the anointed" as "promoters of a [[worldview]] concocted out of fantasy impervious to any real-world considerations".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n20_v47/ai_17443658 |title= The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy |accessdate= 2008-09-20 |last= George |first= Robert P. |date= 1995-10-23 |publisher= National Review |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091127095835/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n20_v47/ai_17443658/ |archive-date= 2009-11-27 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
Sowell asserts that these thinkers, writers, and activists continue to be revered even in the face of evidence disproving their positions.

Sowell argues that American thought is dominated by a "prevailing vision" which seals itself off from any [[empirical evidence]] that is inconsistent with that vision.

The book challenges people Sowell refers to as "[[Teflon]] prophets," who predict that there will be future social, economic, or environmental problems in the absence of government intervention ([[Ralph Nader]] is one of his foremost examples).

The book was initially published in 1995 by [[Basic Books]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ISTtFtcIkKAC|title=The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy|isbn=978-0465089956|last1=Sowell|first1=Thomas|year=1995|publisher=Basic Books }}</ref> It was described as a "masterpiece" by [[Nick Cater]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cater |first=Nick |date=24 October 2021 |title=Sense, logic abandoned in climate of moral superiority |work=[[The Australian]] |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/glasgow-summit-sense-logic-lost-in-climate-of-moral-superiority/news-story/546cdb826e5d49cecee3769031dac437}}</ref>

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