I’ll have to admit that I have not read any of Murray’s books.
It’s nothing personal, he seems like a nice old man.
Please brace yourself, because I know this makes some people uncomfortable, but somebody has to say it if we are going to have any chance of fixing the problem.
You see, one problem with Murray’s book is that he majored in history and his co-author majored in psychology. Everybody knows that history and psychology majors are not among the majors with the highest IQ’s. Since IQ’s predict success, it is unlikely that any public policy suggestions they make will be successful. Why would anyone want to waste their time reading about public policy suggestions that are doomed to failure?
https://qz.com/334926/your-college-major-is-a-pretty-good-indication-of-how-smart-you-are/
The other problem is that Murray is from the state of Iowa. Everybody knows that Iowa barely makes it into the top 20th percentile when it comes to IQ. Given the link between IQ and success, we may need to abandon the notion of democracy because we probably shouldn’t be listening to people from Iowa (or other areas with even lower IQ’s) when making public policy decisions.
http://blog.prepscholar.com/average-sat-and-act-scores-by-stated-adjusted-for-participation-rate