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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11192370 Title: Losing ground : American social policy, 1950-1980 Author: Charles A Murray Publisher: New York : Basic Books, ©1984. ISBN/ISSN: 0465042317 9780465042319 0465042325 9780465042326 0465042333 9780465042333 OCLC:11192370

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Losing ground : American social policy, 1950-1980

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Losing ground : American social policy, 1950-1980

Author:	Charles A Murray
Publisher:	New York : Basic Books, ©1984.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Murray, Charles A. Losing ground. New York : Basic Books, c1984 (OCoLC)644602137
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Charles A Murray Find more information about:
ISBN:	0465042317 9780465042319 0465042325 9780465042326 0465042333 9780465042333
OCLC Number:	11192370
Notes:	Includes index.
Description:	xii, 323 p. : ill. ; 25 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 status rewards -- Rethinking social policy. What do we want to accomplish? ; The constraints on helping ; Choosing a future.
Responsibility:	Charles Murray.
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