Editing American Enterprise Institute (section)

===Arthur C. Brooks (2008–2019)===
When DeMuth retired as president at the end of 2008, AEI's staff numbered 185, with 70 scholars and several dozen adjuncts,<ref name="AEI History"/> and revenues of $31.3 million.<ref name="AR"/> [[Arthur C. Brooks]] succeeded him as president at the start of the [[Late-2000s recession]].<ref name="DavidWeigel">{{cite news|last=Weigel|first=David|title=Conservative Think Tank Adjusts to Tough Times|newspaper=Washington Independent|date=March 13, 2009|url=http://washingtonindependent.com/33697/conservative-think-tank-adjusts-to-tough-times|access-date=July 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619215450/http://washingtonindependent.com/33697/conservative-think-tank-adjusts-to-tough-times|archive-date=June 19, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> In a 2009 op-ed in ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', Brooks positioned AEI to be much more aggressive in responding to the policies of the [[Barack Obama administration]].<ref name="Culture War">{{cite news|last=Brooks|first=Arthur C.|author-link=Arthur C. Brooks|title=The Real Culture War Is Over Capitalism|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=April 30, 2009|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124104689179070747|access-date=July 6, 2009|archive-date=December 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231032428/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124104689179070747|url-status=live}}</ref> Under his leadership, AEI identified itself with "[[compassionate conservativism]]" and the maximisation of happiness.<ref name="k448">{{cite magazine | last=Rose | first=David | title=Why Was the Dalai Lama Hanging Out with the Right-Wing American Enterprise Institute? | magazine=Vanity Fair | date=26 February 2014 | url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2014/02/dalai-lama-american-enterprise-institute | access-date=5 September 2024 }}</ref><ref name="j498">{{cite web | last=Young | first=Chris | title=Kochs, American Enterprise Institute, and happiness and well-being research: Center for Public Integrity on the billionaires' research initiative. | website=Slate Magazine | date=25 June 2014 | url=https://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/06/kochs_american_enterprise_institute_and_happiness_and_well_being_research.html | access-date=5 September 2024}}</ref> [[Politico]] said that Brooks "helped elevate [AEI] into a bastion of free-market orthodoxy and center-right policy wonkery during the Obama years", before leaving to become a "happiness expert" and [[self-help]] guru.<ref name="c770">{{cite web | last=Ward | first=Ian | title=Arthur Brooks Is Now a Self-Help Guru Writing Books with Oprah | website=POLITICO | date=15 September 2023 | url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/09/15/arthur-brooks-journey-happiness-guru-00115752 | access-date=5 September 2024}}</ref> In 2018, Brooks announced that he would step down effective July 1, 2019.<ref name=retirement>{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Rachel |title=Arthur Brooks To Step Down As President Of AEI |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/05/15/611199663/arthur-brooks-head-of-american-enterprise-institute-to-step-down |access-date=June 21, 2019 |publisher=NPR |date=May 15, 2018 |archive-date=June 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621201348/https://www.npr.org/2018/05/15/611199663/arthur-brooks-head-of-american-enterprise-institute-to-step-down |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Termination of David Frum's residency====
On March 25, 2010, AEI resident fellow [[David Frum]] announced that his position at the organization had been "terminated."<ref name="frumgoodbye">{{cite web|url=http://www.frumforum.com/aei-says-goodbye|title=AEI Says Goodbye|website=Frumforum.com|access-date=June 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162426/http://www.frumforum.com/aei-says-goodbye/|archive-date=June 12, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="vanityfrum">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2010/03/a-farewell-to-frum.html|title=A Farewell to Frum|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|access-date=June 10, 2018|archive-date=June 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614135425/http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2010/03/a-farewell-to-frum.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Following this announcement, media outlets speculated that Frum had been "forced out"<ref name="cbsnewsfrum">{{cite web | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gop-commentator-david-frum-loses-job-after-criticizing-party/ | title=GOP Commentator David Frum Loses Job After Criticizing Party | last=Montopoli | first=Brian | date=March 25, 2010 | website=CBS News | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513213743/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20001204-503544.html | archive-date=May 13, 2013 | url-status=live | access-date=October 18, 2018 }}</ref><ref name="wapofrum">{{cite web|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/03/aei_hits_david_frum_where_it_h.html|title=PostPartisan - AEI hits David Frum where it hurts|access-date=April 5, 2018|archive-date=March 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314104537/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/03/aei_hits_david_frum_where_it_h.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="timefrum">{{cite magazine|url=https://swampland.time.com/2010/03/25/amid-column-furor-the-american-enterprise-institute-dismisses-david-frum/|title=Amid Column Furor, The American Enterprise Institute Dismisses David Frum|first=Michael|last=Scherer|magazine=Time|date=March 25, 2010|access-date=April 5, 2018|via=swampland.blogs.time.com|archive-date=May 30, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530084345/http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/03/25/amid-column-furor-the-american-enterprise-institute-dismisses-david-frum/|url-status=live}}</ref> for writing a post to his FrumForum blog called "[[Waterloo (blog post)|Waterloo]]", in which he criticized the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]'s unwillingness to bargain with [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] on the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]]. In the editorial, Frum claimed that his party's failure to reach a deal "led us to abject and irreversible defeat."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.frumforum.com/waterloo | title=Waterloo | last=Frum | first=David | date=March 21, 2010 | website=FrumForum | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325040735/http://www.frumforum.com/waterloo | archive-date=March 25, 2010 | access-date=October 18, 2018 }}</ref>

After his termination, Frum clarified that his article had been "welcomed and celebrated" by AEI President Arthur Brooks, and that he had been asked to leave because "these are hard times." Brooks had offered Frum the opportunity to write for AEI on a nonsalaried basis, but Frum declined.<ref name=cbsnewsfrum/> The following day, journalist [[Michael Allen (journalist)|Mike Allen]] published a conversation with Frum, in which Frum expressed a belief that his termination was the result of pressure from donors. According to Frum, "AEI represents the best of the conservative world{{nbsp}}... But the elite isn't leading anymore{{nbsp}}... I think Arthur [Brooks] took no pleasure in this. I think he was embarrassed."<ref name="politico">{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/playbook/0310/playbook998.html|title=Frum thinks critique of GOP led to boot -- 2 big bipartisan bashes -- Chris Matthews, cornered -- HHS Secretary is vastly more powerful -- Jackie Calmes to White House beat -- Kimberly Dozier to AP|website= Politico |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100329133104/http://www.politico.com/playbook/0310/playbook998.html | last = Allen    |   first = Mike |date =  March 26, 2010 | archive-date = March 29, 2010 | issn = 2381-1595  | oclc = 864712228  |access-date=April 5, 2018}}</ref>