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  <title><![CDATA[Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980]]></title>
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    <body><![CDATA[An excellent data-based analysis of the massive social programs introduced starting in the mid-sixties, and their effects.  Murray convincingly argues that after billions and billions spent on welfare programs, including AFDC, food stamps, unemployment insurance, job training programs, and others, t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28493088">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My friend Gene Anderson lent me this book and said I would like it.  I thought &quot;What could be more boring than a book on social policy&quot;? I picked it up one night waiting for my old dot matrix printer to print out a letter and ended up reading till two in the morning.  I couldn't put it dow...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46430305">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[While not the most riveting book, it clearly presents the failure of the federal social programs.  I disagree with his some of his conclusions that call for increased government intervention but the facts presented are useful in debate.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Here, Charles Murray explains the conundrum that is the failure of the welfare state to solve the problems it was meant to solve. He provides access to statistics, charts and empirical evidence of his argument. It's a nice read with an important message.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[more compelling than coulter]]></body>
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