A review by sbenzell
The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life by Richard J. Herrnstein, Charles Murray

2.0

Waaaaaaaaaaay too long. Also racist. But it is a very provocative and pretty well written introduction to an important literature. For those able to separate wheat from chaff, that's better than boring. Putting aside the racist stuff, we do have strong reason (from twin studies) to believe that part of intelligence is inherited, and that is really important for social scientists/planners to understand. I'd reccomend that someone interested in the social implications of IQ start elsewhere though.