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Synopsis
Argues that the ambitious social programmes of the Great Society designed to help the poor and disadvantaged not only did not accomplish what they set out to do, but often made things worse.
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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."
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.
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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."
"One of the pivotal books around which American history turned." David Frum
"One of the outstanding works of the pioneering era of conservative thought."
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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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