Losing Ground

Charles Murray
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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.
Genres: PoliticsSociologyNonfictionEconomicsHistoryCulturalPhilosophySocial SciencePolitical ScienceCult Classics
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