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Bry

Hinsdale, Israel | Member Since 2007

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  • This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly | [Carmen Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff]
    This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
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    This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly

    • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 59 mins)
    • By Carmen Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff
    • Narrated By Sean Pratt
    Overall
    (204)
    Performance
    (89)
    Story
    (82)

    Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing - and recovering -their way through an extraordinary range of financial crises. Each time, the experts have chimed, "this time is different" - claiming that the old rules of valuation no longer apply and that the new situation bears little similarity to past disasters. This book proves that premise wrong.

    D. Littman says: "necessary piece to understand the current crisis"
    "Good Material; Bad Format - 3 1/2 Stars"
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    This material is 5-star excellent with good narration, but you should buy the physical book as there are many references to charts and tables, so the format gets 2 stars. I listen to audiobooks during my daily commute, so I did not get to see the material referenced.

    3 of 3 people found this review helpful
  • Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy | [Joseph E. Stiglitz]
    Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy
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    Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy

    • UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 27 mins)
    • By Joseph E. Stiglitz
    • Narrated By Dick Hill
    Overall
    (80)
    Performance
    (29)
    Story
    (29)

    The current global financial crisis carries a "made in America" label. In this forthright and incisive book, Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz explains how America exported bad economics, bad policies, and bad behavior to the rest of the world, only to cobble together a haphazard and ineffective response when the markets finally seized up.

    Bry says: "Required Economic Reading"
    "Required Economic Reading"
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    Narrator Dick Hill emotes Stiglitz' material perfectly. Stiglitz outlines the path the past three decades have led to this inevitable Great Recession commenced in 2008, pointing fingers at the culpable parties in both political parties. He also explains how to prevent it going forward by aligning business goals with social goals.

    6 of 6 people found this review helpful
  • Beowulf | [Seamus Heaney]
    Beowulf
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    Beowulf

    • ABRIDGED (2 hrs and 13 mins)
    • By Seamus Heaney
    • Narrated By Seamus Heaney
    Overall
    (203)
    Performance
    (61)
    Story
    (59)

    New York Times best seller and Whitebread Book of the Year, Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney's new translation of Beowulf comes to life in this gripping audio. Heaney's performance reminds us that Beowulf, written near the turn of another millennium, was intended to be heard not read.

    Gail says: "Would like the whole thing!"
    "3 Stars for the Audiobook, and 3 for the Reviewer"
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    The problem begins with me. I didn't realise this was an abridged version, so I grant myself 3 stars, too. Beowulf is not such a long story that I would have considered abridging it. Seamus Heaney did a wonderful translation of the book, and he reads it so well. I was disappointed that the copy was cut. I hope an unabridged version will be available soon. I will snap it up. Until then, I will have to endure the agony of an incomplete work.

    8 of 9 people found this review helpful

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