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This statement reflects an unwarranted complacency about “’progressive social struggles”; much evil has marched into “the past century” under that flag. It also reflects a certain hubris about social science. How can such optimism about the successes of public policy be justified, considering the state of American education and the areas of concentrated poverty in our cities? Charles Murray is not so sanguine. Instead he articulates the restiveness of many of his fellow citizens, a restiveness fortified by the judgment of the distinguished social scientist Peter Rossi:
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