LEADER 00000nim a22004575a 4500 003 MWT 005 20191125071607.0 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 130915s2012 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9781982409104 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 198240910X (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ bsa_9781455165865_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT10078128 037 10078128|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 305.896/073|223 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Murray, Charles A. 245 10 Losing ground :|bAmerican social policy, 1950-1980 |h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cCharles Murray. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bBlackstone Publishing,|c2012. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 26 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 1 Read by Phillip J. Sawtelle. 520 Beginning in the 1950s, America entered a period of unprecedented social reform. This remarkable book demonstrates how the social programs of the 1960s and '70s had the unintended and perverse effect of slowing and even reversing earlier progress in reducing poverty, crime, ignorance, and discrimination. Using widely understood and accepted data, it conclusively demonstrates that the amalgam of reforms from 1965 to 1970 actually made matters worse. Why? Charles Murray's tough-minded answers to this question will please neither radical liberals nor radical conservatives. He offers no easy solutions, but by forcing us to face fundamental intellectual and moral problems about whom we want to help and how, Losing Ground marks an important first step in rethinking social policy. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 African Americans|xSocial conditions|xEvaluation. 651 0 United States|xSocial policy|xEvaluation. 700 1 Morris, Robert.|4nrt 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 10078128?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ bsa_9781455165865_180.jpeg