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INDEX
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Abd-ar-Rahman III, 33–34, 35–36, 41
Abundance without attachment, 45–52
avoiding excessive usefulness, 49–50
collecting experiences not things, 48–49
Dalai Lama and, 46–48
getting to center of the wheel, 50–51
Swami Gnanmuni and, 44–45, 51–52
Adams, John, 162
Adams, Samuel, 160, 162, 175
Adaptation, 221–22n
Afghanistan, 198
Aging, of Europe, 119, 120, 122
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), 72
Alcohol, 35–36, 83–84, 168
American Dream, 10–13, 104–5, 157
American Enterprise Institute (AEI), 7–9, 46–47, 187
American Gilded Age, 78
American Revolution, 177
Amygdala, 196, 209–10, 211
Amygdaloids, the (band), 209
Appalachian Mountains, poverty in, 60, 66
Apple, 194, 203–4
Aristotle, 49, 96
Assets, people as, versus liabilities, 88–91
Association health plans, 174
Attachment, abundance without. See Abundance without attachment
Austria, 113–16
Bad habits, breaking, 213–15
Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, 4–5
Barron, Robert, 51
Basal ganglia, 213–14
Baskar, Sylva Vanita, 127–28
Begala, Paul, 212
Benedict XVI, Pope, 98
Best arguments, 196–201
Biden, Joe, 127
Big government, 14, 26, 161
Birthrates, in Europe, 121–22
Births, out-of-wedlock, 136
Black Panther Party, 164
Blessings of work, 20, 91–97, 154
Bloomberg News, 152
Blumer, Herbert G., 235n
Bootstrap myth, 54–55
Boston Tea Party, 177
Brain science
bad habits and, 213–15
first impressions and, 195, 208–11
poverty and brain function, 138–39
unhappiness and, 34–35
Brookings Institution, 136, 146
Brooks, Carlos, 49, 149–50
Brooks, Ester, 27, 207–8
Brooks, John, 176
Buckley, William F., Jr., 66
Buddhism, 41, 46–47, 49
Burke, Edmund, 22
Bush, George W., 98
Bush, John Ellis “Jeb,” 158
Business start-ups, 150–51
Calhoon, Robert, 176
Canterbury Tales, The (Chaucer), 50–51
Capitalism, 8, 10, 215
Catholicism, 118, 120–21
Cato Institute, 145–46
Celebrity, and paradox of fame, 36–37
Center of the wheel, 50–51
Cerebral cortex, 34–35
Charitable giving (charity), 19
of conservatives, 6–7, 139–40, 182
in Europe, 122–23
political ideology and, 6–7, 139, 182
Charter schools, 146
Chaucer, Geoffrey, 50–51
Cheerfulness, 194–96
Cheney, Dick, 187
Childlessness, in Europe, 121–22
Christianity, 50, 120–21, 202–3
Chronicle of Higher Education, 148
Civil Rights Act of 1964, 59, 167
Civil rights movement, 59, 164–67
Clayton, Jestina, 131–33, 156
Clinton, Bill, 56, 180
“Sister Souljah moment,” 199–200
welfare reform, 70–71
Clinton, Hillary, 200
Code words, 197
Collective bargaining reform, 174
College education, 147–50
Coming Apart (Murray), 53–54, 137
Community, and happiness, 30–31
Compassion, 16–17, 172, 197–99
conservatives and, 19, 21–22, 158, 181–83, 197–99
“Compassionate conservatism,” 21
Complex problems, 67, 72
Complicated problems, 66–68, 72
Congressional Budget Office (CBO), 151
“Conservative,” 6
Conservative heart, 17–21, 182, 215
Conservative Mind, The (Kirk), 22
“Conservative paradox,” 9–10
Conservatives (conservatism)
breaking bad habits, 213–15
charitable giving of, 6–7, 139–40, 182
compassion and, 21–22, 158, 181–83, 197–99
fighting for people, not against things, 190–94
going where you’re not welcome, 201–7
as happy warriors, 194–96
materialistic misconception of, 17–18
as moralists, 184–90
saying it in thirty seconds, 207–13
social justice agenda. See Social justice agenda
stealing all the best arguments, 196–201
traits identified by public, 197–98
“Conservative Social Justice” (speech), 196–97
&n
bsp; Coolidge effect, 37–38
Coulson, Andrew, 145–46
Cunningham, Rosa Lee, 55–58, 69
Dalai Lama, 46–48
Dash, Leon, 55–58, 69
Davis, Dallas, 81–82, 83–86
“Dead capital,” 89, 90
Dead-end jobs, 92, 96, 111, 127, 153, 154
Debt, 148, 171, 174
Declaration of Independence, 175–77
pursuit of Happiness, 25–26, 175–76
Democrats (Democratic Party), 161
traits identified by public, 79, 197–200
welfare and, 70, 72
Denmark
birthrate, 121
church attendance, 120
De Soto, Hernando, 89
Dharavi, India, 108–13, 126, 129–30
“Dictatorship of relativism,” 98
Dignity. See Human dignity
Disability insurance, 76, 104
Douglass, Frederick, 32
Dow Jones Industrial Average, 75
Drug tests, 100
Drunk driving, 168–70
Duhigg, Charles, 213–14
Dynamic societies, 129–30
Early adopters, 204
Earmarks, 171
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), 154–55, 189
Earned success, and happiness, 32–33
Eberstadt, Nicholas, 121
Economic growth, 62, 75, 188
Economic issues, as moral issues, 15–17
Economic mobility, 15, 157, 171
American Dream and, 11, 12
honest work and, 92, 97
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, 64
Economics, 5–6
supply-side, 62, 187–88
values and, 136–37
Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, 73
Education reform, 145–50, 174
Empathy, 197–99
Engels, Friedrich, 68
Entitlement programs, 142, 143
Entrepreneurship, 18, 19, 88, 150–51, 156–57, 185
Jestina Clayton’s story, 131–33, 156
Europe, 119–23
birthrates in, 121–22
charitable giving in, 122–23
disappearance of work, 123–26
immigration in, 125–26
Marienthal, Austria’s experience, 113–16
religious faith in, 118, 120–21
Spain’s ninis, 117–19
European Union (EU), 125
Events
as source of happiness, 28–29
as source of unhappiness, 35–36
Excessive usefulness, 49–50
Experiences, collecting, versus things, 48–49
“Extrinsic” goals, 36
Eye contact, 211
Facebook, 37
Fair Housing Act of 1968, 167
Fairness, 16–17, 22, 134–35, 157, 158, 172
Faith, 51
in Europe, 118, 120–21
happiness and, 30–31
Fame, paradox of, 36–37
Family, and happiness, 30–31
Federal Reserve, 73
Fighting for people, not against things, 190–94
Financial crisis of 2007–08, 8, 73, 159–60
Finland, church attendance, 120
First impression, 195, 208–12
Flores, José Luis, 117
Food stamps, 19, 57, 63, 76, 102, 104, 142–43
Football, 67–68
Ford, Gerald, 187
France
birthrate, 121
charitable giving, 122
church attendance, 120
immigration rate, 125
labor participation rate, 124
Francis, Pope, 119–20, 129, 142
Freedom Riders, 164
Free enterprise (free enterprise system), 6, 7, 10, 95, 141, 150–56, 171
in developing world, 10, 108–13, 129–30
as formula for happiness, 42–45, 52
poverty and, 3–4, 63, 64–65, 112
Gallup, 11, 120, 150, 161, 166, 191
Gandhi, Indira, 111–12
Gates, Bill, 148
Genes (genetics), 28, 29, 40–41
George III of the United Kingdom, 175, 176, 177
George Washington University, 199
Germany
birthrate, 121–22
charitable giving, 122–23
church attendance, 120
Gettysburg Address, 211–12
Gilded Age, 78
Gingrich, Newt, 190
“Gini coefficient,” 77–78
Gnanmuni, 44–45, 51–52
Goldberg, Jonah, 184
Goldwater, Barry, 66
Gore, Tipper, 169
Government regulations, 73, 82
Jestina Clayton’s story, 131–33
Grandma Europe, 119–23
Great Depression, 77
Great Recession, 12–13, 20, 73–74, 75–76, 138, 143, 181
Great Society, 2, 58–64, 72
Greek government-debt crisis, 143–44
Greene, Devon, 93
Greensboro sit-ins, 164
Griffin, Nazerine, 83–84, 99–100, 102
Gross National Happiness (Brooks), 46
Habits, breaking bad, 213–15
Haidt, Jonathan, 16
Hair braiding, African, 131–33
Happiness, 4–5. See also Pursuit of happiness
abundance without attachment, 45–51
free enterprise as formula for, 42–45
money and, 31–32, 38–40
political ideology and, 6–7
sources of, 27–33, 220n
work and, 30–33, 71, 90–91
Happiness portfolio, 30–33, 52
Happy warriors, 194–96
Harden, Lillie, 70
Harlem Center for Opportunity, 83–88, 90
Harvard Business School, 112
Harvard University, 146, 147
Hayek, Friedrich, 18, 68, 140–41
Hayes, Danny, 199
Health Affairs (journal), 138
Health-care reform, 174
Health Savings Accounts, 174
“Hedonic treadmill,” 39–40
Help, 101–2, 138–44
Helplessness, 101–2
Heritability of happiness, 28, 220n
Hess, Frederick, 146
Higher education, 147–50
Homelessness, 81–82, 88–89, 91–92, 138
Honest work, 81–105
as a blessing, not a punishment, 91–97
Dallas Davis’ story, 81–82, 83–86
happiness and, 30–33, 90–91
people as assets, not liabilities, 88–91
role of hope, 101–4
as sanctified pursuit, 127–29
values and lifting people up, 97–101
Hope, 101–4, 144–45
Horatio Alger myth, 54–55, 145
Hostiles (hostile people), 202, 205–7
Human dignity, 18
honest work and, 82, 87, 92, 97
Pope Francis on work and, 129, 142
wealth and, 126–27
Humor, 195–96
Hunger, 10, 66
Hurricane Katrina, 140
“I can do it,” 103–4
“If it feels good, do it,” 40–41
Immigration, 157
in Europe, 125–26
India, 107–13
Indianapolis Colts, 194–95
Inequality, 12–13, 74–76, 77–78
Institute for Justice, 133
Insularity, of conservatives, 201
Integrity, 99
Intellectuals, remnant status of, 162–63
“Intrinsic” goals, 36
IPhone, 96, 203–4
Iraq war, 198
Ireland, Catholicism in, 121
Irenaeus, Saint, 117
Italy
charitable giving, 122
labor participation rate, 124
Jackson, Jesse, 199
Jefferson, Thomas, 26, 176
Jim Crow laws, 59, 164
Job interviews, and thirty-second rule, 211
Johnson, Lyndon B., 2, 58–60, 62–66, 72
Journal of Public Economic Theory, 6
Kahneman, Daniel, 38–40
Kennedy, John F., 62
Kerrigan, Ryan, 195
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 87
“I Have a Dream” speech, 165–66, 211–12
King, Rodney, 199
Kirk, Russell, 22
Ku Klux Klan, 164
Labor costs, and minimum wage, 151–52, 185–86, 189
Labor participation rate, 76–77, 91, 124
Laffer, Arthur, 187
Leadership, 190, 197–200
“Learned helplessness,” 101–2
LeBrun-Green, Sue, 168
Lee, Mike, 158, 161
Leyden Approach, 221–22n
Liabilities, people as, versus assets, 88–91
Liberals, 16, 72, 134, 191
charitable giving of, 6–7, 139–40, 182
happiness and, 27
Life (magazine), 60
Life expectancy, 138
Lightner, Candace, 168–70
Lightner, Cari, 168–70
Lincoln, Abraham, 211–12
“Living to work, working to live,” 123–26
Los Angeles riots of 1992, 199
“Love people, use things,” 41–42
Luck, Andrew, 194–95
Lust, 37–38
McDonald, George, 81–83, 87–89, 91, 100–101, 102, 105
McDonald, Harriet, 83, 87–89, 105
MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving), 168–70
Majoritarian values, 16, 163, 191
of civil rights movement, 166, 167
in Declaration of Independence, 175–77
of MADD, 169–70
of Tea Party, 171–72, 177
March on Washington (1963), 166
Marienthal, Austria, 113–16
Marriage, 27, 53, 118, 136
Martinez, Pete, 94–95
Mason, George, 176
Materialism, 17–18, 40–43, 46–47, 126–27, 184–85, 186
Meaningful work. See Work
Medicaid, 144
Medicare, 62
“Meritocratic fairness,” 134–35, 157
Minimum wage, 85–86, 151–54, 185–86, 188–89
Minority thinking, 162, 163, 167, 171, 190–91
Mobility, 15, 157, 171
American Dream and, 11, 12
honest work and, 92, 97
Money, and happiness, 31–32, 38–40
Moral high ground, 16, 163, 172
of civil rights movement, 164, 167
Declaration of Independence, 175–76
of MADD, 170
of Tea Party, 172
Moral issues, economic issues as, 15–17
Moralists, 184–90
“Moral taste buds,” 16
Mortgage relief, 159–60