Losing Ground

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Losing Ground (2005 film)

Losing Ground is a 2005 independent film directed by Bryan Wizemann adapted from Wizemann's play of the same name. It follows seven people over the course of a single night in a Las Vegas video-poker bar, and their tangled interactions.

The film features the same cast as the stage performance and was filmed using high-definition video at The Gate, a bar in Park Slope. Losing Ground premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival on March 11, 2005 to generally favorable reviews. The film was distributed to a small number of theaters in New York City. It was released on DVD January 26, 2009.

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The play initially ran at Tom Noonan's Paradise Theater from March 29, 2003 to April 13, 2003.

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Losing Ground (book)

Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980 is a 1984 book by political scientist Charles Murray about the effectiveness of welfare state policies in the United States between 1950 and 1980. It has been listed as one of the most influential books on policy and social science in the United States in the 20th century. It has created controversy because of its policy proposals.

Background

Murray wrote the book while a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, then under the aegis of Irving Kristol. The Manhattan Institute funded his work on the book and also promoted it.Joan Kennedy Taylor of the Manhattan Institute is credited with having played a crucial role in helping the book see the light of day.

Summary

Murray's main thesis is that social welfare programs, as they have historically been implemented in the United States, tend to increase poverty rather than eliminate it by creating incentives that reward short-sighted behavior that is not conducive to escaping poverty in the long term.

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