Makers and Takers: Why Conservatives Work… by Peter Schweizer · Audiobook preview

Makers and Takers: Why Conservatives Work Harder, Feel Happier, Have Closer Families, Take Fewer Drugs, Give More Generously, Value Honesty More, Are Less Materialistic and Envious, Whine Less...and Even Hug Their Children More Than Liberals
Authored by Peter Schweizer
Narrated by Johnny Heller

0:00 Intro
0:03 Contents
0:47 Introduction
32:34 Outro

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BOOK DESCRIPTION

In Do as I Say (Not as I Do), Peter Schweizer exposed the hypocrisy of liberal elites in Washington and Hollywood. In Makers and Takers, he broadens his scope to examine the damaging effects of liberal philosophy on ordinary Americans. Drawing on national polls and academic studies, as well as the revealing testimony of liberals themselves, Schweizer shows that liberals are, on the whole, less honest, less generous, lazier, and more materialistic than their conservative counterparts. Moreover, conservatives are better parents, spouses, and citizens. Schweizer's portrait is not a mischievous exercise in "gotcha" journalism. Instead, tracing political and social changes over the past fifty years, he argues that the emergence of liberalism as a philosophy of selfishness is a direct result of big government. The enormous expansion of government has fostered the assumption among many Americans that the state is responsible for our financial, social, and moral well-being. From the myth that wealth is the result of luck and exploitation to the insistence that individuaals are not accountable to God or social institutions, the principles of liberalism have corrupted the personal virtues and community values Americans once honored.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Peter Schweizer is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and the author of Do as I Say (Not as I Do).

Johnny Heller, a Golden Voice Lifetime Achievement Award winner, has recorded over 800 audiobooks spanning every genre. He is a four-time Audie Award winner, an AudioFile Best Voice, and the winner of over thirty Earphones Awards. AudioFile magazine named him one of the top fifty voices of the twentieth century.

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AUDIOBOOK DETAILS

Language: English
Publisher: Tantor Media Inc
Published on: June 17, 2008
ISBN: 9781400177486
Duration: 5 hr, 18 min
Genres: Political Science / General, Political Science / History & Theory, Political Science / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism, Political Science / Political Process / Political Parties