Arthur C. Brooks @arthurbrooks

Arthur C. Brooks is a former president of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). He concurrently serves as a professor of the practice of public leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School and a senior fellow at Harvard Business School. He was president of AEI from January 1, 2009, to June 30, 2019.

Before joining AEI, Dr. Brooks was the Louis A. Bantle Professor of Business and Government in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, where he taught economics and social entrepreneurship. Before his work in academia and public policy, he spent 12 years as a classical musician in the United States and Spain.

Dr. Brooks is a columnist for The Washington Post, host of the podcast “The Arthur Brooks Show,” and the bestselling author of 11 books on topics including the role of government, fairness, economic opportunity, happiness, and the morality of free enterprise. His textbook “Social Entrepreneurship” was published by Prentice Hall in 2008. Dr. Brooks’ latest book, “Love Your Enemies” (Broadside Books), and a feature-length documentary, “The Pursuit,” were both released in spring 2019. He has also been published in dozens of academic journals

Dr. Brooks has a PhD and an MPhil in policy analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School. He also holds an MA in economics from Florida Atlantic University and a BA in economics from Thomas Edison State College.

Experience

• Harvard University: Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School, 2019–present; Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School, 2019–present
• American Enterprise Institute: President, 2009–19; Beth and Ravenel Curry Scholar in Free Enterprise, 2013–19; Visiting Fellow, 2007–09
• Syracuse University (Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and Whitman School of Management): Louis A. Bantle Professor of Business and Government Policy, 2007–08; Professor of Public Administration, 2006–08; Associate Professor of Public Administration, 2001–05
• Georgia State University: Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Economics, 1998–2001
• RAND Corporation, Doctoral Fellow, 1996–98; Consultant, 1998–2008
• Lynn University: Professor of French Horn, Harid Conservatory of Music, 1992–95
• City Orchestra of Barcelona: French Hornist, 1989–92
• Annapolis Brass Quintet: French Hornist, 1983–89

Education

PhD, MPhil, policy analysis, RAND Graduate School
MA, economics, Florida Atlantic University
BA, economics, Thomas Edison State College