cover image Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980, 10th Anniversary Edition

Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980, 10th Anniversary Edition

Charles Murray. Basic Books, $25 (346pp) ISBN 978-0-465-04233-3

Murray, coauthor of The Bell Curve, argued that the social programs of the '60s and the '70s worsened the plight of the poor and minorities. This 10th anniversary issue includes a new introduction by the author. (Jan.)