Nov 1, 2010
The choice before us is of two visions of this country. Will we continue to be a culture of free enterprise—which is to say, a culture based on limited government, on rewards and consequences of behavior that are adjudicated by markets, and by a reliance on and a celebration of entrepreneurship? Or will we become a culture that’s more like European-style social democracy—which is to say, a culture characterized by a large and growing government, a managed economy, and a hard-core focus on income equality?
Jun 22, 2010
Arthur C. Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., talks about his new book, The Battle, in which he argues that the United States faces a new culture war, albeit not over red-hot and white-hot issues like abortion or guns, but rather, against “creeping changes which threaten our culture of free enterprise.”
Apr 17, 2007
Arthur C. Brooks discusses the many virtues of charity: national no less than individual, economic no less than deeply personal.