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SCHOLARS &
FELLOWS
Arthur C. Brooks
President
RESOURCES
RESEARCH AREAS
- Culture, politics, and economic life in America
- Social entrepreneurship
- Philanthropy
Contact
Assistant: Michael Threadgould
Assistant E-mail: michael.threadgould@aei.org
Assistant Phone: 202-419-5213
Biography
Arthur C. Brooks is the president of AEI. Until January 1, 2009, he was the Louis A. Bantle Professor of Business and Government Policy at Syracuse University. He is the author of eight books and many articles on topics ranging from the economics of the arts to applied mathematics. His most recent books include The Battle: How the Fight Between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America's Future (Basic Books, May 2010), Gross National Happiness (Basic Books, 2008), Social Entrepreneurship (Prentice-Hall, 2008), and Who Really Cares (Basic Books, 2006). Before pursuing his work in public policy, Mr. Brooks spent twelve years as a professional French hornist with the City Orchestra of Barcelona and other ensembles.  Follow Arthur Brooks on Twitter
Experience
- Louis A. Bantle Professor of Business and Government Policy, 2007-2008; Professor of Public Administration, 2006-2008; Senior Research Associate, Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute, 2003-2008; Director, Nonprofit Studies Program, 2003-2007; Associate Professor of Public Administration, 2001-2005; Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research, 2001-2003, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University
- Consultant, RAND Corporation, 1998-2008
- Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Economics, Georgia State University, 1998-2001
- Doctoral Fellow, RAND Corporation, 1996-98
- Professor of French Horn, Harid Conservatory of Music, Lynn University, 1992-95
- French Hornist, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Annapolis Brass Quintet, 1983-92
Education
Ph.D., M.Phil., policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School M.A., economics, Florida Atlantic University B.A., economics, Thomas Edison State College
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While conservatives have criticized the economic principles and class-baiting cadences of Obama’s budget rhetoric, no one has answered his fundamental charge that the Ryan plan is unfair. This is a lost opportunity. Advocates for limited government can win the fairness argument in a walk.
Having good services cannot make up for delivering difficult but necessary budget decisions, especially if our goal is public good.
Charitable gifts are a cheerful protest vote against the growing state.
The model of human nature one embraces will guide and shape everything else, from the economic system one prefers to the political system one supports.
Conservatives need to be able to do four things better than they do currently. First, they need to be comfortable making the moral case about enterprise.
All politicians seem to agree that there will be no recovery unless America gets back to work, but getting back to work will require remembering the reality of the top job killers in America.
A weaker, cheaper military will not solve our financial woes, but it will make the world a more dangerous place, and it will impoverish our future.
As we move into this election season, the true decision Americans will be making is whether we still want our traditional American free-enterprise system, or prefer a European-style social democracy.
Like citizens in other developed countries, Spaniards should be increasingly happy. Why aren’t they?
The free enterprise system is an act of self-expression reflecting that Americans truly value earned success, which gives people a sense of meaning about their lives.
Most of Americans believe that all should start at more or less the same place with more or less the same opportunities to succeed and that government should protect the returns for hard work yet they are marginalized by a 30 percent coalition that effectively wants the government to penalize success.
America faces a new culture war between two competing visions of America's future, one organized around the principles of free enterprise and the other focused on Europe-style statism.
Arthur C. Brooks discusses his latest book, The Battle: How the Fight between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America's Future, with National Review Online's Kathryn Jean Lopez.
If the United States continues the trend toward big government, the private sector will bear a heavier tax burden far into the future, a prospect that could have devastating consequences for the economy.
Free enterprise is a declaration of what Americans truly value, as people know intuitively that it allows them to earn their success, and in turn to achieve the greatest levels of happiness.
Arthur C. Brooks takes questions from the public and discusses his recent article "The New Culture War", explaining his view on the battle between free enterprise and government control.
America faces a culture war between free enterprise and big government which will determine the country's future.
AEI President Arthur C. Brooks introduces the winner of the 2010 Irving Kristol Award, General David H. Petraeus, at AEI's Annual Dinner.
The majority of Americans disagree with the current administration's redistributionist philosophy and feel that taxes are already too high, even for the rich.
The Washington Post interviewed AEI's Arthur C. Brooks about his upcoming book and his views on the culture war between free enterprise and social democracy.
The health care debate is part of a larger moral struggle over the free-enterprise system.
As the West contemplates ever tighter regulations on how and where money can be spent, lent, and invested, their leaders should remember that economic and political liberty play a key role in prosperity.
Public approval ratings of Barack Obama may be falling quickly right now--but his rating of the American public is probably falling even faster.
The new cultural divide in the United States centers on free enterprise--the principle at the core of American culture.
AEI Online
March 23, 2009
The new AEI website provides visitors with expanded coverage of the full range of public policy issues that AEI has been addressing for more than six decades.
Moderate drinking is, for most people, a lot better than abstinence.
The data show that liberals need a nudge to give.
How should an honest fiscal conservative view Obama's tax plan?
To "live simply" would not allow others to simply live. It would turn back the clock to a time when, unheard and unseen, the world's poorest would simply perish.
Leading thinkers, including two from AEI, assess what Google has accomplished on the occasion of its tenth anniversary.
Surveys show Americans are actually less upset than they were a dozen years ago.
Capitalism is the best framework for allowing people to succeed on their merits--and success is vital to happiness.
Happiness has a lot to do with values and it is key to our prosperity as a nation.
Some nations view income redistribution as a sensible way to ameliorate class tension, but income equalization strategies tend to lower entrepreneurial as well as labor incentives.
Children do not make their individual parents very happy, but they offer the broader society huge benefits.
Q & A with Arthur C. Brooks, whose new book says the liberal agenda takes a personal toll.
Money does not buy happiness, but success does. Capitalism, moored in values of hard work, honesty, and fairness, is key.
There appears to be a close correlation between happiness and freedom.
America may be a nation preoccupied with profit, but it is the nonprofit sector and massive private voluntary support for it that truly sets the nation apart from the rest of the world.
Contrary tostereotypes recently voiced by Barack Obama, a 2006 study finds that gun owners are happier than non-gun owners and are just aseducated.
The current financial market continues to worsen as unemployment rises, which is a problem for non-profitsthat rely on charitable donations.
Barack Obama has been less thangenerouswith his donations to charities over the years.
The Spitzer scandal has brought up a number of demographic surprises about prostitution.
Americans are remarkably charitable. But what sorts of people give the most? And how do we compare with the Europeans?
Diversity is an important factor in the 2008 presidential campaign and isan important theme in the democratic campaign, but their claims to diversity are not necessarily accurate.
Giving to charity is an American tradition, but surprisingly it is not all from the wealthy;low-income families are the most likely to donate to charity.
The Republican "loveless" image should bediscarded in light of research on whether Republicans or Democrats lead happier love lives.
Do the data support the claim that conservatives are haters, while liberals are tolerant of others? A handy way to answer this question is with what political analysts call "feeling thermometers."
Next time your interlocutor assails the Bush administration for its hard-heartedness, remember Africa.
The bottom line from all the research on giving is that it is not just good for your favorite cause; it's good for you, too.
Secular liberals, especially those who are explicitly nonbelievers, have become a major force on the political Left.
According to new research, economic growth and charitable giving mutually reinforce each other.
Overemphasis on income inequality will result in poor policy.
Overemphasis on income inequality will result in poor policy.
Helping people to give their resources effectively by managing good causes and making compelling fundraising appeals can be an important engine of social value and economic growth.
On average, religious people are much happier than others.
On average, religious people are much happier than others.
Work is not a necessary evil. It is, instead, an intrinsic source of pleasure and value.
Americans are more religious than Europeans; hence, our elections are more infused with religious themes.
Americans are more religious than Europeans; hence, our elections are more infused with religious themes.
It is not income equality, but mobility and opportunity.
An assessment of life satisfaction from four different angles.
The rich are getting richer faster than the poor are getting richer. So what?
The Democrats' insistence on giving women more freedom seems not to accord with the opinions of actual American women.
Americans work more than Europeans, but they are not unhappierbecause ofit.
The "politics of happiness" is actually the politics of intolerance, nasty sloganeering and the screaming pundits on cable television.
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
May 1, 2007
Liberal politics will prove fruitless as long as liberals refuse to multiply.
Liberal politics will prove fruitless as long as liberals refuse to multiply.
Policy Studies Journal
August 1, 2006
Policy Studies Journal
August 1, 2006
The best data available show that conservatives have a clear edge over liberals in terms of happiness and emotional fortitude.
A look at the dark side of data on political tolerance.
The cofounder of Amway shares a faith in more than his products.
Conservatives are more giving; liberals are more educated.
Scientific evidence that political anger is dangerous.
Philanthropy
January 2, 2006
International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law
January 2, 2006
Public Finance Review
January 1, 2006
The American Review of Public Administration
September 1, 2005
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
May 1, 2005
Social Science Quarterly
March 1, 2005
Public Administration Review
January 1, 2005
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Books
Wealth & Justice
AEI Press
October 31, 2010
Far from oppressing and depriving individuals, the free market system uniquely enables Americans to exercise vocation and experience the dignity of self-sufficiency, all while contributing to the common good.
The Battle
Free enterprise embodies the values that define us as a nation: individual liberty, equal opportunity, entrepreneurship, and self-reliance. But the recent economic crisis has distorted these values.
Gross National Happiness
Basic Books
April 8, 2008
Brooks examines vast amounts of evidence and empirical research to uncover the truth about who is happy in America, who is not, and--most important--why.
Social Entrepreneurship
Prentice Hall
March 28, 2008
This text brings together the established pedagogy of entrepreneurship with cutting edge nonprofit and public management tools.
Who Really Cares
Basic Books
November 27, 2006
In Who Really Cares, Arthur C. Brooks outlines strategies for expanding the ranks of givers, for the good of all Americans.
Gifts of Time and Money
Rowman & Littlefield
June 28, 2005
What mobilizes giving and volunteering? What can policymakers and nonprofit managers do to change the current landscape in places with low levels of participation?
A Portrait of the Visual Arts
RAND Corporation
January 3, 2005
This book providesinformation about developments in the visual arts world and describes the characteristics of visual arts consumers, artists, and organizations.
Gifts of the Muse
RAND Corporation
January 1, 2004
The Performing Arts in a New Era
RAND Corporation
January 1, 2001
An ambitious undertaking in a field often lacking critical data, the book also includes an assessment of the state of information on the performing arts.
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Events
A Discussion of the Debt Limit and Correcting Our Unsustainable Fiscal Path
May 18, 2011
At this AEI event, Senator Toomey will discuss this legislative proposal and other issues surrounding the forthcoming debt-limit debate in Congress, including how to bring about more comprehensive solutions to the country's fiscal problems and put the United States on the path to prosperity.
Social Justice Isn't What You Think It Is
May 9, 2011
Michael Novak will deliver the May 2011 Bradley Lecture at AEI.
Creating First-Rate Education in Indiana
May 4, 2011
At this AEI event, Governor Daniels will explain why specific changes are vital to public education, and what his team is doing to increase and improve educational options in Indiana.
Conservatism in the 112th Congress
December 15, 2010
This AEI event will address the key policy areas that the Republican Study Committee hopes to influence in the coming years.
Can the United States Double Exports by 2015?
December 9, 2010
James McNerney, chairman of the National Export Council and CEO of the Boeing Corporation, will deliver a keynote address describing the joint agenda of the government and the council, as well as strategies for achieving the nation's export-doubling goal.
The American Enterprise Debates
December 2, 2010
At our inaugural debate, Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), author of the "Roadmap for America's Future," will deliver the case for limited government and David Brooks, opinion columnist at the New York Times, will counter with the case for more "energetic" government. Arthur Brooks, president of AEI, will provide introductory remarks and moderate.
The Same Thing Over and Over
November 30, 2010
In his new book, The Same Thing Over and Over (Harvard University Press, November 2010), AEI director of education policy studies Frederick M. Hess explains that American schools have not changed since the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and, as a result, are ill-suited to meet today's challenges.
How to Reclaim American Prosperity
November 29, 2010
Why is the U.S. economy in disarray and what can be done to fix it?
Policy Changes for the New Congress
November 22, 2010
How will the new Congress address the daunting policy challenges related to health care, the economy, and constitutional limits on the federal government?
Writing the History of Conservatism
November 1, 2010
Patrick Allitt will deliver the November 2010 Bradley Lecture at AEI.
The Conservative Century Revisited
October 4, 2010
Gregory L. Schneider will deliver the October 2010 Bradley Lecture at AEI.
A Discussion of the Deficit Reduction and Budget Reform Act of 2010
September 16, 2010
Senator John Thune (R-S.Dak.), chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, will discuss his recently introduced bill that would create a long-term strategy for controlling unsustainable deficits.
The Battle over Free Enterprise
May 18, 2010
Arthur C. Brooks will deliver the May Bradley Lecture.
Frederick M. Hess's Education Unbound: The Promise and Practice of Greenfield Schooling
April 15, 2010
Is greenfield schooling the breakthrough needed to reform our education system?
An Address by U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner: The Case for Enacting Financial Reform Now
March 22, 2010
Please join us for an address by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on the urgent need for financial regulatory reform.
Reviving Democratic Capitalism
March 19, 2010
Please note this event will take place in Denver, Colorado.
The God Instinct: Are Faith and Religion Rooted in Our Genes?
March 8, 2010
At this event, panelists will discuss the role of religion in modern society.
Is Capitalism Worth Saving?
December 16, 2009
Scholars from the Hastert Center and AEI will meet in Chicago to discuss the moral case for free enterprise and entrepreneurship.
Challenges to Creating 20 Million New Jobs: What Is the Proper Role of Government?
November 16, 2009
Please note this event will take place at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1615 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20062
Accounting for Happiness: The 2009 Legatum Prosperity Index
November 3, 2009
At this event, Legatum Institute senior vice president William Inboden and senior fellow Ryan Streeter will present the findings of the 2009 Prosperity Index.
Is Capitalism Worth Saving?
October 30, 2009
At this event, scholars from the Acton Institute and the American Enterprise Institute will discuss the moral case for free enterprise and entrepreneurship.
Keeping America Competitive, Prosperous, Entrepreneurial, and Enterprising: Why Capitalism Works
July 22, 2009
On July 22, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani spoke at AEI.
The Financial Crisis: Failure of Capitalism or Failure of Government Policy?
June 18, 2009
Please note this event will be held in Aspen, Colorado. This event will discuss the current financial crisis and the future of the American economy.
Promoting Peace and Prosperity in Asia: The Taiwan Relations Act at Thirty
April 13, 2009
Panelists will discuss the Taiwan Relations Act and other current issues regarding Taiwan and U.S. relations.
On the Ropes: What William F. Buckley Jr. Can Teach Today's Conservatives
March 3, 2009
Panelists will discuss the continuing impact of Buckley's thought and the future of American conservatism.
Development Beyond Aid: Remaking U.S. Development Policy for a Changed World
January 6, 2009
Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less: A Handbook for Slashing Gas Prices and Solving Our Energy Crisis
October 31, 2008
Accounting for Happiness: The 2008 Legatum Prosperity Index
October 14, 2008
Gross National Happiness
May 15, 2008
Understanding America: The Anatomy of an Exceptional Nation
April 22, 2008
Social Entrepreneurship: What It Is, and Why It Matters for America
March 20, 2008
Repugnance as a Constraint on Markets
January 16, 2008
Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth about Compassionate Conservatism
December 5, 2006
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