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Ep. 12 Charles Murray: On Race and IQ, Government Welfare, and Crimes

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Government Interventions and Social Programs

Exploring parallels between government actions in Thailand and the United States, this chapter discusses the author's journey towards libertarianism, critiquing government welfare programs and the historical increase in poverty program spending. Reflecting on disillusionment with job training programs in the 1970s, the chapter highlights the decline in labor force participation among poor men and the failures of government welfare policies in addressing crime.

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