Losing Ground American Social Policy, 1950-1980

Name: Losing Ground American Social Policy, 1950-1980
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ISBN: 9780465042333

ISBN-10: 0465042333

ISBN-13: 9780465042333

Edition: 10th 1994

Authors: Charles Murray

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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

Book details

List price: $25.00
Edition: 10th
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 12/7/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 346
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



A Note On Presentation


Preface


Introduction To The Tenth-Anniversary Edition


Prologue



A Generous Revolution



The Kennedy Transition



"The System Is to Blame"



Implementing the Elite Wisdom



Being Poor, Being Black: 1950-1980



Poverty



Employment



Wages and Occupations



Education



Crime



The Family



The View from 1966



Interpreting the Data



The Social Scientists and the Great Experiment



Incentives to Fail I: Maximizing Short-Term Gains



Incentives to Fail II: Crime and Education



The Destruction of Status Rewards


PAR IV: Rethinking Social Policy



What Do We Want to Accomplish?



The Constraints on Helping



Choosing a Future


Appendix: The Data


Notes


Glossary of Source Abbreviations


Bibliography


Index