Mount Sinai Hospital, 93
MSNBC, 206
Murray, Charles, 53–54, 137
Music labeling, 169
National Center on Family Homelessness, 138
National Geographic, 1, 2, 7, 108
National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984, 169–70
Nation of Islam, 164
Negativity, 203
Neuroscience
bad habits and, 213–15
first impressions and, 195, 208–11
poverty and brain function, 138–39
unhappiness and, 34–35
New York Times, 77, 112, 127–28, 143, 149, 213
New York University, 209
Nhat Hanh, Thich, 49
Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle), 49
Nixon, Richard, 187
Norat, Richard “Rick,” 93–96, 105
Obama, Barack, 203
conservative grievances against, 180–81
Great Recession, 12–13
inequality story of, 74–75, 77–78
Islamic State and Hillary Clinton, 200
minimum wage and, 151, 152
presidential election of 2008, 18, 73–74, 167, 180–81
presidential election of 2012, 161
Tea Party revolt, 159, 161
welfare and, 72, 73–75
Obamacare, 127, 173–74
Oil embargo of 1973, 187
Opening of speeches, 211–12
Opportunity, crisis of, 11, 14–15
Out-of-wedlock births, 136
PANAS (Positive and Negative Affect Schedule), 35
“Paradox of things,” 48–49
Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), 169
Parks, Rosa, 164
Patriotism, 123
Paul, Saint, 40, 202–3
Pay-for-performance, 147, 174
People, fighting for, 190–94
People as assets, not liabilities, 88–91
Personal responsibility, 99
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996, 69–73
Personal savings, 99
Persuadables (persuadable people), 202, 203–6
Piketty, Thomas, 76
Political ideology, and charitable giving, 6–7, 139–40, 182
Political minorities, 190–91
Political remnants, 162–63
Posterior cingulate cortex, 196, 209, 211
Poverty, 1–4, 53–80. See also War on Poverty
causality and, 54
complex nature of, 65–69
crisis of opportunity and, 11, 14–15
Dharavi, India’s example, 108–13, 126, 129–30
free enterprise system for, 3–4, 63, 64–65, 112
help and, 138–44
material standard of living and, 60–61, 63
Rosa Lee Cunningham’s story, 55–58
statistics on, 53–54, 61–64, 62
unhappiness and, 35
values and, 135–38
welfare today, 73–78
Power of Habit, The (Duhigg), 213–14
Practical hope, 103–4
Pragmatism, 15, 71, 184
Predictalator, 67
Price controls, 187
Pride, 37, 42
Protest movement, Tea Party as, 161, 162–63
Punishment, work as, versus blessing, 91–97
abundance without attachment, 45–51
in the Declaration of Independence, 25–26, 175–76
happiness portfolio, 30–33, 52
love people, use things, 41–42
unhappiness, 34–38, 40
“Pushing the bucket,” 84–86, 92, 93–96
Racism, 35, 164, 166–67, 180
Ready, Willing & Able (Doe Fund), 83–88, 90, 93, 94–96, 99
Reagan, Ronald, 188
cheerful nature of, 195–96
drunk driving and MADD, 169–70
the poor and, 74
presidential election of 1980, 191–93
social safety net and, 18, 141–42
Reality television, 36–37
Rebellions, 162–63, 168, 175
Recidivism, 89–90
Recycled plastic, 110–11
Redistribution, 17–18
“Redistributive fairness,” 134
Regulations, 73, 82
Jestina Clayton’s story, 131–33
Relativism, 98, 138
Religious faith, 51
in Europe, 118, 120–21
happiness and, 30–31
Relocation vouchers, 155–56
Republican National Convention (1980), 191–93
Republican Party, 13–14, 72, 79, 181–82
Tea Party and, 160–61, 163, 171
Republican Revolution of 1994, 190
Retirement, in Europe, 122, 124–25
Richardson, Abigail, 176
Road to Serfdom, The (Hayek), 140–41
Rockwell, Donna, 36
Romney, Mitt, 161
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 32
Rota Fortunae (Wheel of Fortune), 50–51
Rubio, Marco, 158, 161
Rumsfeld, Donald, 187
Ryan, Paul, 158
Saez, Emmanuel, 76
Santelli, Rick, 159–60
Schiller, Daniela, 208–11
Schiller Laboratory of Affective Neuroscience, 208–9
School choice, 146–47, 174
School vouchers, 146
“Scientism,” 68
Seattle Seahawks, 67
Secularism, 120–21
Self-dignity. See Human dignity
Self-integrity, 99
Self-pride, 37, 42
Self-worth, 85, 96–97, 117
Seligman, Martin, 101–2
Sexual variety, 37–38
Sierra Leone, 131
Sister Souljah (Lisa Williamson), 199–200
Smiles (smiling), 211
SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), 144
Snap judgments, 207–8
Sobriety, 83–84
“Social justice,” 134–35
Social justice agenda, 131–58, 215
education reform, 145–50
free enterprise system, 150–56
help, 138–44
hope, 144–45
Jestina Clayton’s story, 131–33, 156
values, 135–38
Social media, 37
Social mobility. See Mobility
Social movements, 162–67, 175, 235n
Spain
Catholicism, 118, 120
charitable giving, 122
immigration rate, 125
patriotism, 123
work in, 117–19, 124–25
Stock market, 73, 75
Strain, Michael, 155–56
Student loans, 148
Super Bowl XLIX, 67
Supply-side economics, 62, 187–88
Sweden, church attendance, 120
Syracuse University, 6
Taxes and tax cuts, 62, 187–88
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), 154–55, 189
Teacher pay, 147, 174
Tea Party, 159–63, 171–73, 177
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), 72–73
10K-BA ($10,000 college degree), 148
Thirty-second rule, 207–13
Thomas Edison State College, 5–6, 148–50
Thompson, Tommy, 70
Thrift, 99
Toomey, Pat, 161
Trait-trespassing, 196–201
True believers, 202–3
Tuition costs, 147–50
Twitter, 37
Tyranny of Clichés, The (Goldberg), 184
Unemployment, 104
African American teenage rate, 152–53
in Europe, 123–26, 129
happiness and work, 32, 90–91
labor participation rate, 76–77,
91, 124
Marienthal, Austria’s experience, 113–16
mismatch between employees and jobs, 155–56
Spain’s ninis, 117–19
Unhappiness, 34–38, 40
University of California, Los Angeles, 181–82
University of California, San Diego, 147, 151, 155
University of Chicago, 27, 123, 147
Upādāna, 41
Values, 135–38. See also Majoritarian values; Social justice agenda
work and lifting people up, 97–101, 136
Vanity Fair (magazine), 46–47
Virginia Declaration of Rights, 176
Voting Rights Act of 1965, 59, 167
Wage controls, 187
Wall Street Journal, 187, 194–95
War on Poverty, 53–80
better solution for, 78–80
as complex problem, 65–69
culture of dependency and, 69–70
failure of, 58–60
material standard of living and, 60–61, 63
Rosa Lee Cunningham’s story, 55–58
statistics on poverty rate, 53–54, 61–64, 62
welfare reform, 69–73
Washington Post, 55, 57–58, 70, 138
Washington Redskins, 195
Wealth, 46–47
happiness and, 31–32, 38–40
Welfare
poverty today, 73–78
Rosa Lee Cunningham’s story, 56–57
Welfare reform, 69–73
Western, Bruce, 90
Wheel of Fortune (Rota Fortunae), 50–51
Who Really Cares (Brooks), 139
Wilson, Woodrow, 68
Wofford, Harris, 212
Wolff, Edward, 75
Work, 19–20, 104. See also Honest work
blessings of, 20, 91–97, 154
happiness and, 30–33, 71, 90–91
labor participation rate, 76–77, 91, 124
“living to work, working to live,” 123–26
Marienthal, Austria’s experience, 113–16
self-worth and, 85, 96–97, 117
Xenophobia, 125–26
YouTube, 37
Zappa, Frank, 169
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ARTHUR C. BROOKS is president of the American Enterprise Institute, where he is also the Ravenel and Beth Curry Scholar in Free Enterprise. Until 2009, he was the Louis A. Bantle Professor of Business and Government Policy at Syracuse University. Before entering academia, he spent 12 years as a professional French hornist with the City Orchestra of Barcelona and other ensembles. Mr. Brooks is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and the author of ten books, most recently the 2012 bestseller The Road to Freedom. He is a native of Seattle and currently lives in Maryland with his wife, Ester, and their three children.
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