Peter Schweizer
| Peter Schweizer | |
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| Born |
Peter Franz Schweizer November 24, 1964 United States |
| Occupation | Author, political advisor |
| Education |
Oxford University (M.Phil.) George Washington University (B.A.) |
| Genres | Politics |
| Notable work(s) |
Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets Throw Them All Out: How Politicians and Their Friends Get Rich off Insider Stock Tips, Land Deals, and Cronyism That Would Send the Rest of Us to Prison Do as I Say (Not as I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy |
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www.peterschweizer.com | |
Peter Franz Schweizer (born November 24, 1964) is a conservative author and a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. He also serves as President of the Government Accountability Institute, a non-partisan research organization that focuses on government cronyism and corruption. [1]
His book Throw Them All Out: How Politicians and Their Friends Get Rich off Insider Stock Tips, Land Deals, and Cronyism That Would Send the Rest of Us to Prison was the subject of a feature on CBS’ 60 Minutes and Newsweek. [2]
Schweizer's book Do as I Say (Not as I Do): 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 documentary film In the Face of Evil. The book recounts Ronald Reagan's multi-decade struggle against Communism and credits him with winning the Cold War.
In March 2009, Schweizer and Marc Thiessen opened Oval Office Writers LLC.[3]
In March 2010, Schweizer joined the Research Advisory Council of the James Madison Institute.
On May 3, 2011, Schweizer was hired as a foreign policy adviser to former Republican Governor of Alaska and Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin.[4]
Works
- Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets, 2013 (ISBN 978-0544103344)
- Throw Them All Out: How Politicians and Their Friends Get Rich off Insider Stock Tips, Land Deals, and Cronyism That Would Send the Rest of Us to Prison, 2011 (ISBN 978-0547573144)
- Architects of Ruin: How a Gang of Radical Activists and Liberal Politicians Destroyed Trillions of Dollars in Wealth in the Pursuit of Social Justice, 2009 (ISBN 0-061-95334-2)
- 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, 2008 (ISBN 0-385-51350-X)
- Do as I Say (Not as I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy, 2005 (ISBN 0-385-51349-6)
- The Bushes : portrait of a dynasty, 2004, co-authored with Rochelle Schweizer (ISBN 0-385-49863-2)
- Reagan's War: The Epic Story of His Forty Year Struggle and Final Triumph Over Communism, 2002 (ISBN 0-385-50471-3)
- Disney the Mouse Betrayed, 1998 (ISBN 0-89526-387-4)
- Victory: The Reagan Administration's Secret Strategy That Hastened the Collapse of the Soviet Union, 1994 (ISBN 0-87113-567-1)
- Friendly Spies: How America's Allies Are Using Economic Espionage to Steal Our Secrets, 1992 (ISBN 0-87113-497-7)
References
- ↑ http://www.g-a-i.org/team/
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/embed/l3DZh1109W8
- ↑ Alexovich, Ariel; Klingebiel, Jacqueline (March 25, 2009). "Suite Talk March 25, 2009: Speechwriters Open New Outlet". The Politico.
- ↑ http://conservatives4palin.com/2011/05/sarahpac-hires-a-new-foreign-policy-adviser.html
External links
- Peter Schweizer official website
- Profile at the Hoover Institution
- Profile at the James Madison Institute
- Schweizer's Bio at Oval Office Writers LLC
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Peter Schweizer at the Internet Movie Database
- Works by or about Peter Schweizer in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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