Charles Murray
W. H. Brady Scholar
Charles Murray first came to national attention in 1984 with the publication of Losing Ground: American Social Policy 1950–1980. This was followed in 1988 by In Pursuit: Of Happiness and Good Government, in 1994 by The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life (with Richard J. Herrnstein), in 1997 by What It Means to be a Libertarian: A Personal Interpretation, and in 2003 by Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950. His latest book is In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State (2006).
Professional Experience
-Resident fellow, 1990-2003, and W. H. Brady Scholar, 2003-present, AEI
-Field research and lectures in the United Kingdom, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2003
-Consultant, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), France, 1991
-Work and field research, Thailand, 1972-1973, 1979, 1983, 1991
-Consultant, Bulgarian government, 1990
-Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 1982-1990
-Chief scientist, 1979-1981, Research scientist (evaluation of social programs), 1974-1979, American Institutes for Research (AIR)
-Field research, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Senegal, 1974
-Volunteer, Peace Corps; Contractor, USAID, Thailand, 1965-1970
Education
Ph.D., political science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.A., history, Harvard University
Articles and Short Publications
Aztecs vs. Greeks
What's Wrong with Vocational School?
Intelligence in the Classroom
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Books
In Our Hands
Human Accomplishment
The Underclass Revisited
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Events
The Black-White IQ Gap: Is It Closing? Will It Ever Go Away?
Religion and the American Future
In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State
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Speaking Engagements
Human Accomplishment
The Ideal of Equality, the Reality of Difference
Related Links
W. H. Brady Program in Culture and Freedom
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