Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980, 10th Anniversary Edition
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 Clintons proposal to end welfare as we
know it.
Charles Murray is a Bradley Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He is also the author of "The Bell Curve."
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Prologue A Generous Revolution The Kennedy Transition The System Is to Blame Implementing the Elite Wisdom Being Poor, Being Black: 19501980 Poverty Employment Wages and Occupations Education Crime The Family The View from 1966 Interpreting The Data The Scoial Scientists and the Great Experiment Incentives to Fail I: Maximizing Short-Term Gains The Destruction of Status Rewards Rethinking Social Policy What do we want to Accomplish? The Constraints on Helping Choosing a Future
