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Arthur Brooks, President, American Enterprise Institute; Author, The Battle: How the Fight between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America’s Future
Brooks outlines a new culture war — not the old struggle over guns or abortion or religion, but over two competing visions of America. In one, America continues as a unique and exceptional nation organized around the principles of free enterprise. In the other, the U.S. moves toward a European-style social democracy characterized by increasing bureaucracies, income redistribution and government control of corporations. Brooks argues that free enterprise is not merely an economic system but an expression of American values and American culture, and he makes the case that free enterprise is the system that delivers the greatest levels of prosperity to the greatest numbers of people.
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Arthur C. Brooks
“…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 ten 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.
Mr. Brooks is the author of the forthcoming book, The Road to Freedom, to be released on May 8th 2012.
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
http://www.aei.org/scholar/arthur-c-brooks/
Arthur C. Brooks
“…Arthur C. Brooks (born May 21, 1964, in Spokane, Wash.) is an American social scientist and musician. He is the president of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. Brooks is best known for his work on the junctions between culture, economics, and politics. Two of his popular volumes, Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth about Compassionate Conservatism and Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America—and How We Can Get More of It, explore these themes in greater depth. He is a self-described independent.
Early life and musical career
Brooks was raised in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood. His parents were professors, and his upbringing has been described as “liberal.”[1][2][dead link]
After high school, Brooks pursued a career as a professional French hornist, serving from 1983 to 1989 with the Annapolis Brass Quintet in Baltimore, from 1989 to 1992 as the associate principal French hornist with the City Orchestra of Barcelona in Spain, and teaching from 1992 to 1995 at Lynn University’s Harid Conservatory of Music.[3]
Academia
Toward the end of his professional music career, Brooks began higher education with a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1994 from Thomas Edison State College in New Jersey, a public university that offers distance and nontraditional education programs to working adults. He received a master’s degree from Florida Atlantic University in 1995 before pursuing a doctorate at the Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School, a public policy program located at the RAND Corporation, where he was also a doctoral fellow.[3]
After receiving his PhD in policy analysis in 1998, Brooks continued to be affiliated with RAND, for which he produced a number of studies (see bibliography below; his articles appeared in dozens of academic journals as well), mostly of arts funding and orchestra operations. But he began to dive into the junction of culture, politics, and economics that would come to be his trademark. “He kept his head down during the early years of his academic career, publishing the usual economics fare on philanthropy—such as how tax rates and government spending affect giving,” writes Ben Gose. Brooks himself said, “I made my academic career doing that stuff, but the whole time I knew I was missing something.”[1]
After a stint at Georgia State University, Brooks landed at Syracuse University in 2001. In 2005, he became a full professor, and he held the Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business and Government Policy from 2007 to 2008. At Syracuse, Brooks held joint appointments in the public affairs and management schools. …”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Brooks
