Arthur C. Brooks
Arthur C. Brooks | |
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| Born | May 21, 1964 Spokane, Washington, U.S. |
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| Education | California Institute of the Arts Thomas Edison State University (BA) Florida Atlantic University (MA) Pardee RAND Graduate School (MPhil, PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Social science Microeconomics Management |
| School or tradition | Neoclassical economics |
| Institutions | Harvard University (2019–present) American Enterprise Institute (2009–2019) Syracuse University (2001–2009) Georgia State University (1998–2000) |
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Arthur C. Brooks (born May 21, 1964) is an American author and academic.
Since 2019, Brooks has served as the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Nonprofit and Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School and at the Harvard Business School as a Professor of Management Practice and Faculty Fellow. Previously, Brooks served as the 11th President of the American Enterprise Institute. He is the author of thirteen books, including Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier with co-author Oprah Winfrey (2023), From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life (2022), Love Your Enemies (2019), The Conservative Heart (2015), and The Road to Freedom (2012). Since 2020, he has written the Atlantic’s How to Build a Life column on happiness.