
Patrick T. Brown
Fellow
Patrick T. Brown is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where his work with the Life and Family Initiative focuses on developing a robust pro-family economic agenda and supporting families as the cornerstone of a healthy and flourishing society.
Patrick T. Brown is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where his work focuses on developing a robust pro-family economic agenda and supporting families as the cornerstone of a healthy and flourishing society.
His writing has been published in The New York Times, National Review, Politico, The Washington Post, and USA Today, and he has spoken on college campuses and Capitol Hill on topics from welfare reform to child-care and education policy.
He has published reports on paid leave and family policy with the Institute for Family Studies, and edited an essay series featuring working-class voices for American Compass. He is an advisory board member of Humanity Forward and the Center on Child and Family Policy and a contributing editor to Public Discourse.
Prior to joining EPPC, Patrick served as a senior policy advisor to Congress’ Joint Economic Committee. There, he helped lead research about how to make it more affordable to raise a family and more effectively invest in youth and young adults. He also previously worked a government-relations staffer for Catholic Charities USA.
Patrick graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in political science and economics. He also holds a Master’s in Public Affairs from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He and his wife Jessica have four young children and live in Columbia, S.C.
Pronatalism is Not Popular—Yet
Patrick T. Brown
For the better part of this century, the nascent movement to make it easier for people to start families and…
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Institute for Family Studies / June 2, 2025
Can Congressional Republicans Be Big, Beautiful — and Pro-Family?
Patrick T. Brown
The House GOP mega-bill is full of odds and ends. Will it help families?
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National Review Online / May 30, 2025
The ‘Success Sequence’ Goes to School
Patrick T. Brown
Family-life classes in Tennessee will focus on work and marriage.
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Wall Street Journal / May 18, 2025
Congress Can Do Better Than ‘MAGA Accounts’
Patrick T. Brown
Parents have much to like in the reconciliation bill currently under consideration in the U.S. House. The “One, Big Beautiful,…
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Institute for Family Studies / May 15, 2025
Focus on the Families
Patrick T. Brown
It’s not discriminatory to prioritize families’ needs in government planning.
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Commonplace / May 15, 2025
Abundance is all the rage in public policy. Can it work for child care?
Patrick T. Brown
An abundance agenda should expand options for parents, as Oregon is seeking to do.
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Deseret News / May 8, 2025
An IVF Mandate Won’t Raise Fertility Rates
Natalie Dodson, Patrick T. Brown
The president should consider a pro-marriage baby bonus instead.
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Wall Street Journal / May 4, 2025
Congress Should Pass a Pro-Marriage Baby Bonus
Patrick T. Brown
The time is right for Congress to pass a baby bonus, and the Niskanen Center’s Leah Libresco Sargeant has helped them…
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Institute for Family Studies / April 30, 2025
Red States Show the Way for Pro-Family Populism
Patrick T. Brown
During his unsuccessful foray into California politics, the muckraking journalist Upton Sinclair used to tell audiences that “It is difficult to get…
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Compact / April 17, 2025
Trump’s IVF Order Betrays MAHA
Patrick T. Brown
The administration’s approach turns babies into products.
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Commonplace / March 4, 2025