The truth is that relative income is not directly related to happiness. Nonpartisan social-survey data clearly show that the big driver of happiness is earned success: a person's belief that he has created value in his life or the life… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
“Liberals are more likely to see people as victims of circumstance and oppression, and doubt whether individuals can climb without governmental help. My own… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
We will have bigger bureaucracies, bigger labor unions, and bigger state-run corporations. It will be harder to be an entrepreneur because of punitive taxes… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
The truth is that relative income is not directly related to happiness. Nonpartisan social-survey data clearly show that the big driver of happiness is… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
In my book I don't just demonstrate that free enterprise is the most efficient way of organizing an economy - which it is. I… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
The battle is on, and nothing less than the soul of America is at stake. — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure. — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
FDR created today's 30 percent coalition. Obama wants to finish the job by turning it into a permanent ruling majority. There's nothing new about… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
Conservatives are better talking about opportunity and growth in the abstract, while liberals talk more about poor people. Right now we [americans] need a… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
The system that enables the most people to earn the most success is free enterprise, by matching up people's skills, interests, and abilities. In… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
There is nothing inherently fair about equalizing incomes. If the government penalizes you for working harder than somebody else, that is unfair. If you… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
Free enterprise is essentially a formula not just for wealth creation, but for life satisfaction. — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
There's a general intuition around the nonprofit world these days that younger generations are less likely to join. But I have found in my… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
Whether we look at capitalism, taxes, business, or government, the data show a clear and consistent pattern: 70 percent of Americans support the free… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
Happiness isn't found in some finite checklist of goals that we can diligently complete and then coast. It's how we live our lives in… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
The key to happiness is not being rich; it's doing something arduous and creating something of value and then being able to reflect on… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
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