Status
Available
Collection
Publication
New York: Free Press, 1994
Description
The controversial book linking intelligence to class and race in modern society, and what public policy can do to mitigate socioeconomic differences in IQ, birth rate, crime, fertility, welfare, and poverty.
User reviews
LibraryThing member JimChaput
This book generated enormous debate for a time, then it was forgotten. Some of the criticism was as good and as well considered as the book itself was, but much of the criticism seemed petty and even hysterical. It was as though the ideas in the book threatened the entire world-view of the critics.
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LibraryThing member HadriantheBlind
A book with a moderately interesting premise, horrible documentation and research practices, and terrifying conclusions.
LibraryThing member aevaughn
An interesting read, although I am not sufficiently well-read in the area to make any judgements. It does offer a perspective that is not welcome in today's society, but perhaps has some truth in it.
LibraryThing member Daniel.Estes
The Bell Curve was first published 20 years ago and the contention that intelligence has a causal relationship with heredity is as controversial as ever. Herrnstein (who passed away before the book was published) and Murray set out to gather and present the data on intelligence and class structure,
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LibraryThing member br77rino
A politically incorrect take on the distribution of intelligence.
LibraryThing member vegetarian
Much in the news today, this book's chapter on the authors' motivations is fascinating in light of 2012 politics. And the debates about it are really insightful.
LibraryThing member themulhern
I leafed through it, but it struck me as just too uninteresting to spend my time with, so I gave it up permanently.