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Jul 1, 2008 · For Murray social welfare (social security as it was once known) started out as a safety-net for people when hit with hard-time, but has become hijacked by a group of people with no intention of working. Charles Murray visited the UK in 1989 and said it has a developing underclass. Murray said: “the underclass are defined by their behaviour.
Oct 18, 2017 · In the book, Murray and Herrnstein argue that there are differences in intelligence when comparing races, with critics saying that the assertions made in the book were racist. Murray utilised the term ‘underclass’ to refer to individuals who lack employment, income or an education.
Jul 7, 2020 · The end result was a shattering of confidence between Murray and his home fans, with the luke-warm support he received from a predominantly English crowd in the first half of his career playing at Wimbledon evidence of the damage this fake story had caused.
Sep 5, 2024 · Murray's book was about American society, although he did later visit Britain and suggest the same thing was happening here. He argued that government policies were helping to create an underclass of people who did not work and depended on welfare benefits.
The commentaries by Alan Walker, Nicholas Deakin and Pete Alcock provide a more broadbased critique of Murray’s conceptualisation of an ‘underclass’ whilst Frank Field, who himself uses the term, provides a different interpretation of its nature to that of Murray.
Jun 3, 2020 · Charles Murray (1998) Murray argues that welfare policies have undermined the nuclear family and given perverse incentives for people to start single-parent families or to end their marriages and form single-parent families.
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