After Words

After Words: Arthur Brooks, "The Battle" & Strobe Talbott, "Fast Forward"

About the Program

In a double interview, American Enterprise Institute President Arthur Brooks argues the moral superiority of the free enterprise system in his book “The Battle: How the Fight between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America’s Future.” While Brookings Institution President, Strobe Talbott, proposes a blueprint for U.S. action to tackle the effects of climate change in his new release “Fast Forward: Ethics and Politics in the Age of Global Warming.”

About the Authors

Arthur Brooks

Arthur Brooks is the president of the American Enterprise Institute.  He taught at Syracuse University from 2001 to 2009 and left the University as the Louis A. Bantle Professor of Business and Government Policy.  He was a professional French hornist for 12 years and is the author of eight books, including “Who Really Cares,” and “Gross National Happiness.”
 


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Strobe Talbott

Strobe Talbott is a former Time columnist and Washington bureau chief as well as the architect of the Clinton administration's foreign policy toward Russia and the former Soviet Union. He is author of several books, as well as the translator-editor of Nikita Khrushchev's memoirs. He is currently President of the Brookings Institution.


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Program Information

After Words: Arthur Brooks, "The Battle" & Strobe Talbott, "Fast Forward"

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Past Airings

  • Sunday, July 11th at 12pm (ET)
  • Monday, July 5th at 3am (ET)
  • Sunday, July 4th at 11pm (ET)
  • Sunday, July 4th at 9pm (ET)
  • Saturday, July 3rd at 10pm (ET)
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