Losing Ground (book)

Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950–1980
	Cover of the first edition
Author	Charles Murray
Country	United States
Language	English
Subject	Welfare state
Published	November 1984 (hardback); January 1994 (paperback)
Media type	Print
Pages	346
ISBN	978-0465065882

Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950–1980 is a 1984 book about the effectiveness of welfare state policies in the United States between 1950 and 1980 by the political scientist Charles Murray.^[2] Both its policy proposals and its methodology have attracted significant controversy.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

^ Amazon, "Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950–1980, 10th Anniversary Edition", Amazon
^ Murray, Charles (1994). Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950–1980. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0465042333.
^ "Losing Ground, by Charles Murray". Conservative Monitor.
^ Parker, J. A. (May 1988). "Losing Ground, by Charles Murray". Reason Magazine.
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[1] Amazon, "Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950–1980, 10th Anniversary Edition", Amazon

[2] Murray, Charles (1994). Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950–1980. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0465042333.

[conservativemonitor-3] "Losing Ground, by Charles Murray". Conservative Monitor.

[reason1988-4] Parker, J. A. (May 1988). "Losing Ground, by Charles Murray". Reason Magazine.

[:0-5] Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[:1-6] Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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