Hope for a Civic Great Awakening Among the Upper Class

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Hope for a Civic Great Awakening Among the Upper Class
National Constitution Center - National Constitution Center
Join us for the 12th annual John M. Templeton, Jr. Lecture featuring American Enterprise Institute W. H. Brady Scholar Charles Murray, as he discusses The Founding Virtues: 1787 and 2014.

Charles Murray is a political scientist, author, and libertarian. He has written several books, including Losing Ground, which has been credited as the intellectual foundation for the Welfare Reform Act of 1996. His most recent book, Coming Apart, describes his take on an unprecedented divergence in American classes over the last half century.

The annual John M. Templeton, Jr. Lecture on Economic Liberties and the Constitution showcases the most important thinkers and policy-makers in America as they discuss economic liberties and current issues in a forum open to the public. Previous lecturers have included former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, John C. Bogle, Secretary Tommy Thompson, Cass Sunstein, Arthur C. Brooks, among others.