Description: "The product of years of research and analysis by Arthur Brooks that lead him to conclude what people need most are four "institutions of meaning" faith, family, community, and meaningful work. It combines reporting, original research, and case studies in a manifesto that will help people lead happier, satisfying lives"--
Brief description:
Arthur C. Brooks is president of the American Enterprise Institute, where he also holds the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Free Enterprise. He is the author of eleven books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller From Strength to Strength and bestsellers The Conservative Heart and The Road to Freedom. He is an op-ed columnist for The Washington Post, and host of the podcast The Arthur Brooks Show. Previously, he spent twelve years as a professional classical musician in the United States and Spain, including several seasons as a member of the City Orchestra of Barcelona. A native of Seattle, Brooks lives with his family in Bethesda, Maryland. In the fall of 2019, he will join the faculty of the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School.
Review Quotes:
"?This book is a blueprint for building a true social reform movement that ensures every American can pursue their happiness. The Conservative Heart should be required reading for every American who wants to transcend our broken status quo and reunite our country." - Senator Mike Lee
"Arthur Brooks understands not only that the way we think shapes the way we speak, but that the way we speak about social problems such as poverty and opportunity conditions the way we act. A thinking person's primer for a conservative politics of human flourishing." - George F. Will
"The Conservative Heart is genuinely entertaining and profoundly insightful, not just in diagnosing the failures of progressivism and the shortcomings of conventional conservatism but most vitally in showing us a way forward." - Eric Metaxa, New York Times bestselling author of Miracles and Bonhoeffer