The Battle: How the Fight between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America's Future
This event will be co-sponsored by the National Chamber Foundation
Monday, June 21, 2010 | 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1615 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006
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About This Event

In The Battle: How the Fight between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America's Future (Basic Books, June 2010), Arthur C. Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, outlines a new culture war over two competing visions of America. In one, America continues as Listen to Audio


Download Audio as MP3 a unique and exceptional nation organized around the principles of free enterprise. In the other, America moves toward a European-style social democracy characterized by increasing bureaucracies, income redistribution, and government control of corporations.

After the remarks, the National Chamber Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute hosted a reception in recognition of AEI president Arthur C. Brooks's newly released book, The Battle.

Agenda

Event Contact Information
Alexis Williams
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth St., NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-862-5949
E-mail: alexis.williams@aei.org
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Hampton Foushee
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-862-5806
E-mail: hampton.foushee@aei.org

Speaker biography

Arthur C. Brooks is the president of AEI. Until January 1, 2009, he was the Louis A. Bantle Professor of Business and Government Policy at Syracuse University. He is the author of eight books and many articles on topics ranging from the economics of the arts to applied mathematics. His most recent books include The Battle: How the Fight Between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America's Future (Basic Books, May 2010), Gross National Happiness (Basic Books, 2008), Social Entrepreneurship (Prentice-Hall, 2008), and Who Really Cares (Basic Books, 2006).

 

This event will be co-sponsored by the National Chamber Foundation
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