The Battle over Free Enterprise
Bradley Lecture by Arthur C. Brooks
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 | 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
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America faces a new culture war. This is not the culture war of the 1990s over religion, abortion, guns, and gay rights, nor is it a war between Democrats and Republicans. Rather, it is a struggle between the traditional American culture of free enterprise and the current drifts toward a European-style social democracy. Mr. Brooks will also describe the stakes for both sides in this struggle and outline the strategies each side will need if it hopes to prevail.
This Bradley Lecture is based on Mr. Brooks’s new book, The Battle: How the Fight between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America’s Future (Basic Books, June 1, 2010), which focuses on public opinion toward free enterprise today.

Arthur C. Brooks is an economist and a social scientist. He has been president of AEI since January 2009. Prior to joining AEI, he was 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 eight books, including Who Really Cares, Gross National Happiness, and a textbook on social entrepreneurship.

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American Enterprise Institute
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American Enterprise Institute
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Arthur C.
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  • Arthur C. Brooks has been the president of AEI since January 1, 2009. Previously, he was the Louis A. Bantle Professor of Business and Government Policy at Syracuse University. He is the author of 10 books and hundreds of articles on topics ranging from the economics of the arts to military operations research. His most recent book is the New York Times bestseller “The Road to Freedom: How to Win the Fight for Free Enterprise” (Basic Books, 2012). Other books include “The Battle” (Basic Books, May 2010), “Gross National Happiness” (Basic Books, 2008), “Social Entrepreneurship” (Prentice-Hall, 2008) and Who Really Cares (Basic Books, 2006). Before pursuing his work in public policy, Brooks spent 12 years as a professional French hornist with the City Orchestra of Barcelona and other ensembles.


     

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Christopher
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  • Christopher DeMuth was president of AEI from December 1986 through December 2008. Previously, he was administrator for information and regulatory affairs in the Office of Management and Budget and executive director of the Presidential Task Force on Regulatory Relief in the Reagan administration; taught economics, law, and regulatory policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University; practiced regulatory, antitrust, and general corporate law; and worked on urban and environmental policy in the Nixon White House.

     

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