"Without bile and without rhetoric [Losing Ground] lays out a stark truth that must be faced: Two decades of well-meaning programs to erase racism and poverty in the U.S. have left those at the very bottom of the ladder worse off than ever."- Business Week
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"Without bile and without rhetoric [Losing Ground] lays out a stark truth that must be faced: Two decades of well-meaning programs to erase racism and poverty in the U.S. have left those at the very bottom of the ladder worse off than ever."- Business Week
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This classic book serves as a starting point for any serious discussion of welfare reform. Losing Ground argues that the ambitious social programs of the1960s and 1970s actually made matters worse for its supposed beneficiaries, the poor and minorities. Charles Murray startled readers by recommending that we abolish welfare reform, but his position launched a debate culminating in President Clinton's proposal to end welfare as we know it."
Critic Reviews
“Myron Magnet "There's no better proof of the adage that ideas have consequences than Charles Murray's Losing Ground : in its argument, and in the fact that it changed the world." Newt Gingrich "One of the pivotal books around which American history turned." David Frum "One of the outstanding works of the pioneering era of conservative thought."”
Myron Magnet "There's no better proof of the adage that ideas have consequences than Charles Murray's Losing Ground: in its argument, and in the fact that it changed the world." Newt Gingrich "One of the pivotal books around which American history turned." David Frum "One of the outstanding works of the pioneering era of conservative thought."
About the Author
Charles Murray is W. H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. A prominent political scientist and author, he first came to national attention in 1984 with the publication of Losing Ground, which served as the intellectual foundation for the Welfare Reform Act of 1996. He is the author of several other books, including the New York Times bestseller The Bell Curve, Coming Apart, What It Means to Be a Libertarian, Real Education, and the forthcoming By the People. He earned a Ph.D. in political science from MIT and lives near Washington, D.C.
"Without bile and without rhetoric [Losing Ground] lays out a stark truth that must be faced: Two decades of well-meaning programs to erase racism and poverty in the U.S. have left those at the very bottom of the ladder worse off than ever."- Business Week
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