The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life

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The controversial book linking intelligence to class and race in modern society, and what public policy can do to mitigate socioeconomic differences in IQ, birth rate, crime, fertility, welfare, and poverty.

Genres: PsychologyScienceNonfictionPoliticsSociologyEducationEconomicsRacePhilosophySocial Science

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