Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980 (MP3 CD) (ISBN-13: 9781455165858)

Beginning in the 1950s, America entered a period of unprecedented social reform. This remarkable book demonstrates how the social programs of the 1960s and '70s had the unintended and perverse effect of slowing and even reversing earlier progress in reducing poverty, crime, ignorance, and discrimination. Using widely understood and accepted data, it conclusively demonstrates that the amalgam of reforms from 1965 to 1970 actually made matters worse. Why? Charles Murray's tough-minded answers to this question will please neither radical liberals nor radical conservatives. He offers no easy solutions, but by forcing us to face fundamental intellectual and moral problems about whom we want to help and how, Losing Ground marks an important first step in rethinking social policy.

Author: Charles Murray
ISBN-10: 1455165859
ISBN-13: 9781455165858
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2012
Format: MP3 CD
Weight: 0.22lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.30w x 0.60d