Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980, 10th Anniversary Edition Anniversary Edition

by Charles Murray (Author)

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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.”

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Murray, coauthor of The Bell Curve, argued that the social programs of the '60s and the '70s worsened the plight of the poor and minorities. This 10th anniversary issue includes a new introduction by the author.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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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.”

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Paperback: 346 pages
Publisher: Basic Books; Anniversary edition (January 1, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0465042333
ISBN-13: 978-0465042333
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (62 customer reviews)
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This book should be required reading for everyone, especially ...

ByLyle W. Schotton August 8, 2016

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This book should be required reading for everyone, especially those making decisions in government. Resonates every bit as much (if not more) today.

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very interesting

ByLong term customeron November 5, 2012

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In my quest to understand the history of welfare, I read most of this today and found the author's arguments fairly compelling. The author makes a good case for his conclusions regarding the negative social effects of various governmental policies, especially during the 1960's when welfare skyrocketed. In this book we learn why that may have been the case. Some of the extensive graphs and statistics are a bit difficult to plow through, but the overall effect is convincing.This author has been accused of being a racist in some of his other books and a race figures heavily in this book as well, however the author makes his case here for human behavior regardless of race.

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It is a detailed analysis of why despite the Great Society and trillions spent on our programs

ByJoanon April 26, 2017

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This is a must read for every voter in America. It is a detailed analysis of why despite the Great Society and trillions spent on our programs, we actually find ourselves in a worse position. What's going on? This book explains it. I plan on handing my copy to my Congressman.

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Five Stars

ByMichael S.on May 11, 2017

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Should be a required read for politicians.

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EXCELLENT

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ByRichard Bledsoe, Amazon Customeron June 9, 2015

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An exceedingly important book.

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Murray is a realist who correctly predicts that despite all ...

ByMichael S.on July 9, 2015

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Murray is a realist who correctly predicts that despite all the evidence accumulated against current U.S. social welfare policy, no changes in it would be forthcoming. Also predictable from the research noted in this book is the worsened conditions for those who are targets of the policy. And just as he says that the disturbing outcome is no accident, so too does Michael R. Swift in his book, Black Genocide: The Untold Truth about Child Support Enforcement - a book that focuses on a specific aspect of the same problem.