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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Murray, Charles A., author.     Subjects     African Americans -- Social conditions -- Evaluation.     Poor -- Rating of -- United States.     Poor -- United States -- Social conditions.     United States -- Social policy -- Evaluation.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Murray, Charles A., author.       by title:      Losing ground : Amer...         MARC Display

Losing ground : American social policy 1950-1980 / Charles Murray. by Murray, Charles A., author. New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2015] Subjects African Americans -- Social conditions -- Evaluation.   Poor -- Rating of -- United States.   Poor -- United States -- Social conditions.   United States -- Social policy -- Evaluation. ISBN:  0465065880 (paperback) 9780465065882 (paperback) : Description:  xx, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents:  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 statues rewards -- Rethinking social policy. What do we want to accomplish? -- The constraints on helping -- Choosing a future. Requests:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 305.89607 Murray Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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