Tag: Arthur Brooks
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Wallis and Brooks Debate: Does Capitalism Have a Soul? (Jim Wallis and Arthur Brooks)
Wheaton College: Wallis and Brooks Debate: Does Capitalism Have a Soul? The J. Dennis Hastert Center for Economics, Government and Public Policy invites the community to an informal debate on capitalism and morality at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 28. The debate features Jim Wallis of Sojourners magazine and Arthur Brooks, President of the American Enterprise…
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Charity Map
On Thursday, I reviewed Arthur Brooks's book Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism. The basic summary of Brook's findings is: …imagine two people: One goes to church every week and strongly rejects the idea that it is government’s responsibility to redistribute income between people who have a lot of money and people…
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“Who Really Cares?” Book Review
During the recent presidential campaign, conservative policymakers were heavily criticized for tax cuts. John Kerry used biblical language to decry these measures. In December 2005, Jim Wallis, the liberal Christian writer and political advocate, took this a step further in response to Republican budget cuts to social programs: “[Christian conservatives] are trading the lives of…