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Charles Murray
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W. H. Brady Scholar Charles Murray

Charles Murray first came to national attention in 1984 with the publication of  Losing Ground: American Social Policy 1950–1980. This was followed by In Pursuit: Of Happiness and Good Government (1988), The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life (with Richard J. Herrnstein, 1994)What It Means to be a Libertarian: A Personal Interpretation (1996), Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950 (2003), and In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State (2006). His new book, Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality, was released on August 19, 2008. 

Professional Experience

-Resident fellow, 1990-2003, and W. H. Brady Scholar, 2003-present, AEI

-Field research and lectures in the United Kingdom, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2003

-Consultant, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), France, 1991

-Work and field research, Thailand, 1972-1973, 1979, 1983, 1991

-Consultant, Bulgarian government, 1990
-Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 1982-1990
-Chief scientist, 1979-1981, Research scientist (evaluation of social programs), 1974-1979, American Institutes for Research (AIR)

-Field research, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Senegal, 1974
-Volunteer, Peace Corps; Contractor, USAID, Thailand, 1965-1970

Education
Ph.D., political science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.A., history, Harvard University


Articles and Short Publications
Are Too Many People Going to College?
Taking the Gifted Down
Virtue? The Good?
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Books
Real Education
In Our Hands
Human Accomplishment
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Events
What Is Education For? Four Simple Truths for Bringing American Education Back to Reality
Abraham's Children: Race, Identity and the DNA of the Chosen People
Women and Science
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Speaking Engagements
Human Accomplishment
The Ideal of Equality, the Reality of Difference
Related Links
W. H. Brady Program in Culture and Freedom

Research Areas
Culture
Human intelligence and social structure
Marriage, family, and social mores
Family
Crime
Libertarianism
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Contact Information
Charles Murray
American Enterprise Institute
 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
Phone: 202-862-5812
Assistant: 202-862-5917
Fax: 202-862-7178
E-mail: CMurray@aei.org
Latest Book
Real Education
Real Education
Charles Murray sweeps away the hypocrisy, wishful thinking, and upside-down priorities that grip America's educational establishment.  [Read More]