Makers and Takers
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Makers and Takers is a book by Peter Schweizer
. It was published by Doubleday in June 2008 (ISBN 978-0-385-51350-0). The book's thesis is summarized in its subtitle: 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. Where Schweizer's book Do as I Say (Not as I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy
portrayed liberal icons and leaders in America less virtuous than their conservative counterparts, Makers and Takers expands this thesis to the general populace, implying conservatives in general are more virtuous than liberals.
Peter Schweizer
Peter Schweizer is a conservative author and a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.Schweizer's book Do as I Say : Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy received praise from conservative political pundits including Bill O'Reilly. Schweizer's book Reagan's War was the basis of the...
. It was published by Doubleday in June 2008 (ISBN 978-0-385-51350-0). The book's thesis is summarized in its subtitle: 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. Where Schweizer's book Do as I Say (Not as I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy
Do as I Say (Not as I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy
Do as I Say : Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy is a book written by author Peter Schweizer and published by Doubleday in 2005. The book profiles contradictions and hypocritical behaviors of several famous liberals in the United States...
portrayed liberal icons and leaders in America less virtuous than their conservative counterparts, Makers and Takers expands this thesis to the general populace, implying conservatives in general are more virtuous than liberals.
Reviews
- Review by David Forsmark at FrontPage Magazine
- Column about the book by Libby PurvesLibby PurvesLibby Purves OBE is a British radio presenter, journalist and author. A diplomat's daughter, she was educated at convent schools in Israel, Bangkok, South Africa and France, and then Beechwood Sacred Heart School in Tunbridge Wells.Purves won a scholarship to St Anne's College, Oxford, where she...
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