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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628804 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right: What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas Author: Erica Grieder Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 23, 2013 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Texas may well be America's most controversial state. Evangelicals dominate the halls of power, millions of its people live in poverty, and its death row is the busiest in the country. Skeptical outsiders have found much to be offended by in the state's politics and attitude, and yet, according to journalist, and Texan, Erica Grieder, the United States has a great deal to learn from Texas. In Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right, Grieder traces the political history of a state that was always larger than life. From its rowdy beginnings, Texas has combined a long-standing suspicion of government intrusion with a passion for business. Looking to the present, Grieder assesses the unique mix of policies on issues like immigration, debt, taxes, regulation, and energy, which together have sparked a bona fide Texas miracle of job growth. While acknowledging that it still has plenty of twenty-first century problems to face, she finds in Texas a model of governance whose power has been drastically underestimated. Her book is a fascinating exploration of America's underrated powerhouse.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628750 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America Author: David A. Stockman Narrator: William Hughes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 36 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 2, 2013 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A coruscating, brilliantly insightful exegesis of where capitalism went wrong, how it was corrupted, and how it might be restored, by outspoken former Reagan budget director and bestselling author David Stockman David Stockman was the architect of the Reagan Revolution meant to restore sound money principles to the United States government. It failed, derailed by politics, special interests, welfare, and warfare. In The Great Deformation, Stockman describes how the working of free markets and democracy has long been under threat in America and provides a surprising nonpartisan catalog of the corrupters and defenders. His analysis overturns the assumptions of Keynesians and monetarists alike, showing how both liberal and neoconservative interference in markets has proved damaging and often dangerous. Over time, crony capitalism has made fools of us all, transforming Republican treasury secretaries into big-government interventionists and populist Democrat presidents into industry-wrecking internationalists. Today's national debt stands at nearly $16 trillion. Divided equally among taxpayers, each of us is $52,000 in debt. This book explains how we got here—and why this warped crony capitalism has betrayed so many of our hopes and dreams.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628778 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Wins Author: Jeff Connaughton Narrator: Jeff Connaughton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: February 1, 2013 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Beginning in January 2009, The Payoff lays bare Washington's culture of power and plutocracy. It's the story of the twenty-month struggle by Senator Ted Kaufman and Jeff Connaughton, his chief of staff, to hold Wall Street executives accountable for securities fraud, stop stock manipulation by high-frequency traders, and break up too-big-to-fail megabanks. This book takes us inside their dogged crusade against institutional inertia and industry influence as they encounter an outright reluctance by the Obama administration, the Justice Department, and the Securities and Exchange Commission to treat Wall Street crimes with the gravity they deserve. On financial reforms, Connaughton criticizes Democrats for relying on the very Wall Street technocrats who had failed to prevent the crisis and Republicans for staunchly opposing real reforms, primarily to enjoy a golden opportunity to siphon fundraising dollars from the Wall Street executives who had raised millions to elect Barack Obama president. Connaughton, a former lawyer in the Clinton White House, illuminates the pivotal moments and key decisions in the fight for financial reform that have gone largely unreported. His arch, nonpartisan account chronicles the reasons why Wall Street's worst offenses were left unpunished—and why it's likely that the 2008 debacle will happen again.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628037 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Law Author: Frédéric Bastiat Narrator: Bernard Mayes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 7 minutes Release date: November 16, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: First published as a pamphlet in June 1850, The Law is already well over 150 years old, and it will still be read when another century has passed. America now faces the same situation France did in 1848 and the same socialist-communist plans and ideas adopted there are now sweeping America—the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe notwithstanding. Bastiat's explanation of and arguments against socialism are as valid today as they were when written, and his ideas deserve serious consideration. 'Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a result of this, every time we object to a thing being done by government, the socialists conclude that we object to its being done at all. We disapprove of state education. Then the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state religion. Then the socialists say that we want no religion at all. We object to a state-enforced equality. Then they say that we are against equality. And so on, and so on. It is as if the socialists were to accuse us of not wanting persons to eat because we do not want the state to raise grain.'—Fr├®d├®ric Bastiat

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625798 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hanoi’s War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam Author: Lien-Hang T. Nguyen Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 12 minutes Release date: October 23, 2012 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: While most historians of the Vietnam War focus on the origins of US involvement and the Americanization of the conflict, Lien-Hang T. Nguyen examines the international context in which North Vietnamese leaders pursued the war and American intervention ended. This riveting narrative takes the listener from the marshy Mekong Delta swamps to the bomb-saturated Red River Delta, from the corridors of power in Hanoi and Saigon to the Nixon White House, and from the peace negotiations in Paris to high-level meetings in Beijing and Moscow, all to reveal that peace never had a chance in Vietnam. Hanoi's War renders transparent the internal workings of America's most elusive enemy during the Cold War and shows that the war fought during the peace negotiations was bloodier and much more far-reaching than thought before. Using never-before-seen archival materials from the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as materials from other archives around the world, Nguyen explores the politics of warmaking and peacemaking not only from the North Vietnamese perspective but also from that of South Vietnam, the Soviet Union, China, and the United States, presenting a uniquely international portrait.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628721 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Indispensable Milton Friedman: Essays on Politics and Economics Author: Lanny Ebenstein Narrator: Traber Burns Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 51 minutes Release date: October 2, 2012 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Milton Friedman is one of the most famous economists in history. His writings and theories on everything from capitalism and freedom to deregulation and welfare have inspired movements, influenced government policies, and changed the course of America’s economic history. Now, acclaimed Friedman biographer Lanny Ebenstein brings together twenty of Friedman’s greatest essays in The Indispensable Milton Friedman: Essays on Politics and Economics. The only collection of Friedman’s writings to span his entire career, this book features some of Friedman’s never-before-republished writings as well as the best and most timeless of his works. These exceptional essays not only illuminate the progression of Friedman’s thought but explain how America might overcome some of its most difficult challenges. During this time of economic uncertainty, The Indispensable Milton Friedman is more necessary than ever.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628723 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Radicals: Portraits of a Destructive Passion Author: David Horowitz Narrator: John Mclain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 25, 2012 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Radical liberals want to make America a better place, but their utopian social engineering leads, ironically, to greater human suffering. From Karl Marx to Barack Obama, Horowitz shows how the idealistic impulse to make the world a better place gives birth to the twin cultural pathologies of cynicism and nihilism and is the chief source of human suffering. A former liberal himself, Horowitz recounts his own brushes with radicalism and offers unparalleled insight into the disjointed ideology of liberal elites through case studies of well-known radical leftists, including Christopher Hitchens, feminist Bettina Aptheker, leftist academic Cornel West, and others. Exploring the origin and evolution of radical liberals and their progressive ideology, Radicals illustrates how liberalism is not only intellectually crippling for its adherents but devastating to society.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628754 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just Plain Dick: Richard Nixon’s Checkers Speech and the “Rocking, Socking” Election of 1952 Author: Kevin Mattson Narrator: Keith Szarabajka Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 6 minutes Release date: September 18, 2012 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A behind-the-scenes look at one of the most famous campaign speeches—Richard Nixon's 'Checkers' speech, to be published on its sixtieth anniversary It all started with some businessmen bankrolling Richard Nixon to become a 'salesman against socialization.' But in this precursor to current campaign finance scandals, Nixon had some explaining to do to keep his place on Eisenhower's Republican ticket, so he took to the airwaves. In making his speech, Nixon left behind lines about a 'Republican cloth coat' and a black-and-white cocker spaniel named Checkers. The speech saved and bolstered Nixon's political career and set the tone for the 1952 campaign. Just Plain Dick is political history and more. It's the story of a young man nearing a nervous breakdown and staging a political comeback. While the narrative focuses tightly, almost cinematically, on the 1952 election cycle—from the spring primary season to the summer conventions, from the allegations against Nixon through to the speech in September and finally the election in November—Mattson also provides a broad-stroke depiction of American politics and culture during the Cold War. Readers will see Nixon's contribution to current campaign styles. Here is a story of phony populism, a hatred of elites (tagged 'eggheads' back then), and emotionally charged appeals erasing a rational assessment of a politician's qualifications. An entertaining and suspenseful read, Just Plain Dick is ideal election context for political junkies and those fascinated with 1950s America.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fool Me Twice: Obama’s Shocking Plans for the Next Four Years Exposed Author: Brenda J. Elliott, Aaron Klein Narrator: Mike Chamberlain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 14, 2012 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This game-changing book reveals the blueprint for a second term that President Obama and his progressive backers don't want you to know. Months of painstaking research into thousands of documents have enabled investigative journalists and New York Times bestselling authors Aaron Klein and Brenda J. Elliott to expose the secret template for Obama's next four years—the one actually created by Obama's own top advisors and strategists. All the main areas of domestic policy are covered—jobs, wages, health care, immigration overhaul, electoral 'reform,' national energy policy. Each of the plans exposed seeks to permanently remake America into a government-dominated socialist state. A few of the schemes unveiled herein include Detailed plans to enact single-payer health care legislation controlled by the federal government regardless of any Supreme Court decision to overturn Obamacare; Further gutting of the US military while using the savings for a new 'green' stimulus program and the founding of a federal 'green' bank to fund so-called environmentally friendly projects; The vastly reduced resources of the US Armed Forces will be spread even thinner by using them to combat global warming and global poverty and bolster the United Nations; An expansive new amnesty program for illegal aliens linked with a reduction in the capabilities of the US Border Patrol and plans to bring in untold numbers of new immigrants with the removal of caps on H-1B visas and green cards. While many have general concerns about Obama's second-term ambitions, Fool Me Twice lays bare the devastating details of a second Obama presidency. If he wins reelection in 2012, the America of equal opportunity for all, constitutionally limited government, economic freedom, and personal liberty will be but a distant memory.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/628038 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis Author: Ludwig Von Mises Narrator: Bernard Mayes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 7 minutes Release date: August 14, 2012 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Published in 1922 during those dark and dreary years of socialism's near-complete triumph, Socialism stunned the socialist world. Mises has given us a profoundly important treatise that assaults socialism in all its guises, a work that discusses every major aspect of socialism and leaves no stone unturned. A few of the numerous topics discussed include the success of socialist ideas; life under socialism: art and literature, science and journalism; economic calculation under socialism; the ideal of equality; and Marx's theory of monopolies. With this monumental work, Mises laid the foundations for free society. Socialism has influenced scores of influential thinkers, including Friedrich Hayek, Ayn Rand, and Milton Friedman. It is read over and over again today, all over the world, inspiring throngs of new defenders of freedom.