Last week, Charles Murray of the American Enterprise Institute spoke to an audience at The Heritage Foundation about his latest book, Coming Apart. Murray warned of a gap in culture and values that has steadily increased throughout the last 50 years between upper-class (defined as those having at least a college education) and lower-class (those with a high school degree or less) white Americans. When viewed through the prism of the values that our nation’s Founders deemed essential to self-governance—marriage, religion, industriousness, and honesty—trends of the last five decades give … More
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Charles Murray likes making the upper middle-class a bit uncomfortable. That was exactly the goal of his latest book, “Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010.” Included in it is a popular quiz, “How Thick Is Your Bubble?” The 25 questions offer a test for how well you related to middle-class Americans. Murray, a libertarian political scientist and W.H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, spoke at Heritage this week about the book and the troubling trend he’s identified: a growing division among the upper middle-class and others. … More
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Bestselling author Charles Murray visits Heritage next week to discuss his latest work, “Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010.” The book explores cultural trends, particularly the new upper class and new lower class in the United States. Murray believes these changes — including the increasing divergence between the top and bottom of white America — threaten the very success of the American project. Murray, a libertarian political scientist and W.H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, will explore these topics at noon Tuesday during his Heritage speech. … More
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By Andrew J. Coulson
In a recent column, David Brooks considers Charles Murray’s thesis that “America is coming apart,” and concludes that:
The country… needs to rebuild orderly communities. This requires… building organizations and structures …
David Brooks, Charles Murray, and Market Education is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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