There is nothing inherently fair about equalizing incomes. If the government penalizes you for working harder than somebody else, that is unfair. If …

- Arthur C. Brooks

The truth is that relative income is not directly related to happiness. Nonpartisan social-survey data clearly show that the big driver of happiness …

- Arthur C. Brooks

The battle is on, and nothing less than the soul of America is at stake.

- Arthur C. Brooks

Conservatives are better talking about opportunity and growth in the abstract, while liberals talk more about poor people. Right now we [americans] n…

- Arthur C. Brooks

If you think spreading money around by force seems like an odd definition of fairness, you're not alone.

- Arthur C. Brooks

The system that enables the most people to earn the most success is free enterprise, by matching up people's skills, interests, and abilities. In con…

- Arthur C. Brooks

We will have bigger bureaucracies, bigger labor unions, and bigger state-run corporations. It will be harder to be an entrepreneur because of punitiv…

- Arthur C. Brooks

Happiness isn't found in some finite checklist of goals that we can diligently complete and then coast. It's how we live our lives in the process. Th…

- Arthur C. Brooks

The key to happiness is not being rich; it's doing something arduous and creating something of value and then being able to reflect on the fruits of …

- Arthur C. Brooks