Arthur C. Brooks
| Arthur C. Brooks | |
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Arthur Brooks at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference
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| Born |
May 21, 1964 Spokane, Washington |
| Nationality | United States |
| Institution |
American Enterprise Institute (2009–Present) Syracuse University (2001–2009) Georgia State University (1998–2000) |
| Field | Economics, Arts policy, Politics, Social Science, Statistics, Culture |
| School or tradition |
Libertarian economics |
| Alma mater |
Thomas Edison State College (B.A.) 1994 Florida Atlantic University (M.A.) 1995 Pardee RAND (Ph.D.) 1998 |
| Influences | Milton Friedman, Charles Murray, James Q. Wilson, Irving Kristol |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Arthur C. Brooks (born May 21, 1964) 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.
Brooks was raised in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood. His father was a professor and mother an artist and his upbringing has been described as being liberal.
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 The Harid Conservatory, Music Division.
Toward the end of his professional music career, Brooks began pursuing his 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 in economics 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.
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