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Arthur C. Brooks
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Visiting Scholar
Visiting Scholar Arthur C. Brooks

At AEI, Arthur C. Brooks researches and writes about the connections between culture, politics, and economic life in America. Concurrently, Brooks is the Louis A. Bantle Professor of Business and Government Policy at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He is the author of Who Really Cares, which examines American charitable giving, Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America--And How We Can Get More of It, and a textbook on social entrepreneurship.

 

 

Professional Experience

-Louis A. Bantle Professor of Business and Government Policy, 2007-present; Professor of Public Administration, 2006-present; Senior Research Associate, Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute, 2003-present; 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, The RAND Corporation, 1998-present

-Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Economics, Georgia State University, 1998-2001

-Doctoral Fellow, The RAND Corporation, 1996-1998

-Professor of French Horn, Harid Conservatory of Music, Lynn University, 1992-1995

-French Hornist (Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Annapolis Brass Quintet), 1983-1992

Education

Ph.D., policy analysis, The Pardee RAND Graduate School

MPhil, policy analysis, The Pardee RAND Graduate School

M.A., economics, Florida Atlantic University

B.A., economics, Thomas Edison State College


Articles and Short Publications
Hug the Children
Can Money Buy Happiness?
Free People Are Happy People
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Books
Gross National Happiness
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Gross National Happiness
Understanding America: The Anatomy of an Exceptional Nation
Social Entrepreneurship: What It Is, and Why It Matters for America
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Research Areas
Culture, politics, and economic life in America
Social entrepreneurship
Philanthropy
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National Research Initiative
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Contact Information
Arthur C. Brooks
American Enterprise Institute
 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
Phone: 315-443-3719
Assistant: 202-862-4878
E-mail: arthur.brooks@aei.org
Latest Book
Gross National Happiness
Gross National Happiness
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. [Read More]