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Arthur Brooks

4 Takeaways from Pres. Obama’s Conversation with Arthur Brooks and Robert Putnam

Thoughtful, bi-partisan conversations in Washington are a lot like uncooked steak—rare. That’s why yesterday’s conversation on poverty between President Obama, AEI President Arthur Brooks, and Harvard Professor Robert Putnam was so unusual, intriguing, and...

Capitalism Without Attachment: Arthur Brooks at Baylor University

As the founding chairman of the AEI Executive Council at Baylor University and a student fellow for the Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise, I had the pleasure of hosting an event with Arthur Brooks on campus a few weeks ago. I first heard Dr. Brooks...

The Meaning of Happiness

For many of us, happiness is the goal of life. “I just want to be happy,” you might hear your friend say in a time of distress. “Once I’m done with this term paper [difficult project, tough workout, etc.], I’ll be so happy. I can’t wait for that time to come,” we’ve...