“Until a decade ago, I performed research on the behavioral economics of philanthropy, and even wrote a textbook on nonprofit management,” according to Arthur C. Brooks’ new book
Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt. “I specialized in collecting and analyzing data on people’s charitable giving. I could tell you how much people gave, and to what, and how different cultural and policy levers would change these things,” continues the former Syracuse University business and government professor.
“However, I had never looked anyone in the eye and asked the person for a contribution,” Brooks notes. Then, in 2008, he succeeded Christopher DeMuth as president of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI).
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