Book · 2015 · Social values
The conservative heart
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The point of the book The Conservative Heart is to reveal the truth about how poverty can be alleviated and how conservatives can talk about it such that people understand that they care more.
What they say about it
- Discusses book arguments and policies“an argument in this book”4
The best things said about it
I offered a bunch of policies in the book and one of the policies I like the best is called the Earned Income Tax Credit.
In your book you call for a social justice agenda for a new right.
My reading of your second to last book The Conservative Heart was that it was written to help pave the way for the right kind of Republican presidential candidate in 2016.
Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio · May 2023 You have an argument in this book the title is The Conservative Heart.
We did not get to your very intriguingly titled last chapter The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Conservatives but I will leave that for readers.
Why people recommend it
The Conservative Heart by Arthur C. Brooks is a political and sociological book that examines poverty alleviation and proposes a compassionate social justice agenda for the American political right. Pamela Paul interviewed the author on The Book Review, discussing the core arguments and specific chapters of the publication, including policy proposals like the Earned Income Tax Credit and the final chapter outlining conservative habits. Arthur Brooks explained that the central purpose of his writing was to reveal the truth about how poverty can be effectively alleviated and how conservatives can better communicate their underlying empathy. Stephen Dubner also brought up the work on Freakonomics Radio, analyzing its political timing and intent to help pave the right path for a Republican presidential candidate. Throughout these discussions, hosts and guests engaged deeply with the book's policy suggestions and its broader call for a reframed conservative discourse focused on human dignity, upward mobility, and the practical reduction of poverty in modern society.
Every mention
Pamela Paul we did not get to your very intriguingly titled last chapter The Seven Habits of Highly Effective conservat… 3
“you have an argument in this book um the title is the conservative heart”
“in your book you you call for a social justice agenda for a new right”
“we did not get to your very intriguingly titled last chapter The Seven Habits of Highly Effective conservatives but I will leave that for readers”
Arthur Brooks I offered a bunch of policies in the book and one of the policies I like the best is called the Earned Inco… 2
“so the point of the book the conservative heart is to reveal the truth about how poverty can be alleviated and how conservatives can talk about it such that people understand that they care more”
“I offered a bunch of policies in the book and one of the policies I like the best is called the Earned Income Tax Credit”
Stephen Dubner so my reading of your second to last book the conservative heart was that it was written to help pave the w… 1
“so my reading of your second to last book the conservative heart was that it was written to help pave the way for the right kind of Republican presidential candidate in 2016”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Arthur Brooks will join us to talk about his new book the conservative heart how to build a fairer happier and more prosperous America”
“he is the president of the American Enterprise Institute and the author of a new book the conservative heart how to build a fairer happier and more prosperous America”
“Arthur C Brooks's the conservative heart uh shows up there and that's reviewed in our August 2nd issue”