Makers and Takers explained

Makers and Takers
Author:	Peter Schweizer
Subject:	Liberalism, Conservatism
Publisher:	Doubleday
Pub Date:	June 3, 2008
Pages:	272
Isbn:	978-0-385-51350-0
Preceded By:	Do as I Say (Not as I Do)
Followed By:	Clinton Cash

Makers and Takers is a book by Peter Schweizer.^[1] It was published by Doubleday in June 2008. 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.^{[2] [3]} Where Schweizer's book portrayed liberal icons and leaders in America as 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.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kengor. Paul. Paul Kengor . Makers and Takers. Townhall. 26 June 2016. 16 June 2008. The following is an interview with Peter Schweizer, author of the newly released Makers and Takers (Doubleday, 2008)..
2. Web site: Makers and Takers by Peter Schweizer. Penguin Random House. 26 June 2016. Schweizer argues that the failure lies in modern liberal ideas, which foster a self-centered, 'if it feels good do it' attitude that leads liberals to outsource their responsibilities to the government and focus instead on themselves and their own desires..
3. Stern. Ken. Ken Stern . Do Democrats Make Better Neighbors? . The Atlantic. December 2013. 26 June 2016.
4. Web site: Kirk. Richard. Kinder and Gentler. The American Spectator. 26 June 2016. 23 July 2008. In this short, generously spaced work Schweizer debunks the popular notion that liberals are better people than supposedly tight-fisted, hard-hearted, mentally unstable conservatives..