“An American Dilemma” is a perfect example of foundation-led social science because Myrdal splashed around so much money to other scholars for “research.”
“When the generosity of the Carnegie Corporation became known… black academics were demanding salaries of $10,000 or more.”
“When the generosity of the Carnegie Corporation became known… black academics were demanding salaries of $10,000 or more.”
https://twitter.com/arctotherium42/status/2076803729710281097
Naturally, giving away all that money guaranteed good reviews from the relevant experts.
“As his staff member and confidant Guy Johnson put it, ‘If you hadn't involved all these people and spent all this money … the reception [of the book] might not have been as enthusiastic.’”
“As his staff member and confidant Guy Johnson put it, ‘If you hadn't involved all these people and spent all this money … the reception [of the book] might not have been as enthusiastic.’”
Gunnar Myrdal originally thought he should have at least one white Southerner read the manuscript, but he couldn’t find a suitably friendly person so he gave up.
Actual scholars were not impressed by “An American Dilemma.” Sociologist Edward B. Reuter, author of “The American Race Problem” (a very valuable book full of data), called it “a mediocre performance.”
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