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Frum reviews Charles Murray's new book
Topic Started: Feb 14 2012, 11:20 AM (81 Views)
jon-nyc
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5 part review, but worth the read if you're interested in these things.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/06/charles-murray-book-review.html

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jon-nyc
Feb 14 2012, 11:20 AM
5 part review, but worth the read if you're interested in these things.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/06/charles-murray-book-review.html

On the same topic:

Economist article

A most interesting sentence is the following:

"These neighbourhoods are whiter and more Asian than the rest of America."

The fact that more and more Asians are pushing into the elite means (to me anyway) that opportunity is there, if you have the gumption. Murray also seems to ignore the "Millionaire Next Door" syndrome, which is still in full swing in my observation. We (I fall into that category, I guess) don't live in the superzips and aren't "disconnected" from everyone.

It seems to me that "good old days" of the 50s are actually an economic outlier due to the US coming out on top in WW2 without the massive destruction that happened in Europe. Combined with the geographic advantages, two oceans, Mississippi river basin for agriculture transport, etc, and domination (by the Navy) of the world's oceans enabling world commerce, the 50s were an economic boon that went across many demographic boundaries.

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