http://standpointmag.co.uk/taxonomy/term/30 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/4267 <p><b>Author:</b>David Green</p><p style="text-align: justify"> <br />(David Smith) </p><p style="text-align: justify">Charles Murray has acquired some bitter enemies. In 1984 he attracted strident criticism for arguing that the &quot;war on poverty&quot; was increasing the number of poor people. The criticism turned to plain hostility in 1989 when he popularised the term &quot;underclass&quot; and then morphed into sheer hatred in 1994 when The Bell Curve discussed the average IQs of different ethnic groups. And yet Murray is a mild-mannered scholar with a penchant for number-crunching who writes and speaks in the folksy style of America's Midwest.</p><p><a href="http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/4267"><span>read more</span></a></p> http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/4267#comments Ayn Rand Charles Murray Social Affairs Sunday Times The Bell Curve Underrated Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:44:51 +0000 Frances Weaver 4267 at http://standpointmag.co.uk