Charles Murray

Charles Murray is the Hayek Emeritus Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and the author, most recently, of Facing Reality: Two Truths About Race in America (Encounter Books).

Articles by Charles Murray

Meritocracy’s Cost

Meritocracy conceals elite disdain for the lives of ordinary Americans.

Comfortably Numb

The only thing more frightening than annihilation is the possibility that our decadent society could coast on forever.

Kids Today

A review of Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, by Robert D. Putnam

The Smart Set

Charles Murray reviews two books about meritocracy.

One-Dimensional Man

A review of The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement, by David Brooks

Who is Ayn Rand?

A review of Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, by Jennifer Burns and Ayn Rand and the World She Made, by Anne C. Heller

Claremont Review of Books

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