The Two Wars on Poverty: Before and After LBJ
Charles Murray
Monday, 14 Feb 1983 at 3:00 pm – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union
Charles Murray is currently a Research Fellow with the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and is writing a major study of the postwar history of poverty, race, and federal social welfare policy. He has spent several years with the American Institutes for Research studying the effectiveness of various government spending programs. A defender of the trickle-down theory of economics, he has recently published articles in The Wall Street Journal and The Public Interest. His forthcoming book is titled Crime and Public Policy.Part of the National Affairs Series: Poverty - The Great American Nightmare.
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