Arthur C Brooks
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
To get ahead today, you have to be a jerk, right?
Divisive politicians. Screaming heads on television. Angry campus activists. Twitter trolls. Today in America, there is an "outrage industrial complex" that prospers by setting American against American, creating a "culture of contempt"—the habit of seeing people who disagree with us not as merely incorrect, but as worthless
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Language
English
Description
"Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey combine their decades of experience studying happiness from every angle to show readers how to improve their lives right now, instead of waiting for the outside world to change. They offer a research-based work plan that shows the reader how to manage their emotions so they no longer control their outlook and behavior; turn life's inevitable difficulties and challenges into opportunities for growth; strengthen their...
Author
Publisher
Broadside Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 242 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
One in six Americans have stopped talking to close friends and family members over politics. Ideological polarization is at higher levels than at any time since the Civil War. America has developed a habit of seeing people who disagree with us not as merely incorrect or misguided, but as worthless. Brooks shows that treating others with contempt and out-outraging the other side is not a formula for lasting success. He offers a new way to lead based...
Author
Publisher
Broadside Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 246 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The prominent economist and president of the American Enterprise Institute--the leading intellectual think tank on the right--offers a bold new vision for conservatism as a movement for social and economic justice. In The Conservative Heart, Arthur C. Brooks contends that after years of focusing on economic growth and traditional social values, it is time for a new kind of conservatism--one that helps the vulnerable without mortgaging our children's...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
xv, 174 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
American Enterprise Institute's president Arthur C. Brooks reveals in "The Battle" how the forces for social democracy have returned with a vengeance, expanding the power of the state to a breathtaking degree. He offers a plan of action for the defense of free enterprise.