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Bestsellers
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The End of the World Is Just the Beginning
- Mapping the Collapse of Globalization
- By: Peter Zeihan
- Narrated by: Peter Zeihan
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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For generations, everything has been getting faster, better, and cheaper. Finally, we reached the point that almost anything you could ever want could be sent to your home within days - even hours - of when you decided you wanted it....
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Everyone dies except Americans
- By preetam on 06-22-22
By: Peter Zeihan
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Narconomics
- How to Run a Drug Cartel
- By: Tom Wainwright
- Narrated by: Brian Hutchison
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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What drug lords learned from big business. How does a budding cartel boss succeed (and survive) in the $300 billion illegal drug business? Find out....
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Worthy book in the "economics explains X" genre
- By A reader on 04-11-16
By: Tom Wainwright
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The Great Rebalancing
- Trade, Conflict, and the Perilous Road Ahead for the World Economy
- By: Michael Pettis
- Narrated by: A.T. Chandler
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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China's economic growth is sputtering, the Euro is under threat, and the United States is combating serious trade disadvantages. Another Great Depression? Not quite....
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A Way The Average American Can Understand How Their Household Is Effected
- By Jerome L. on 11-27-22
By: Michael Pettis
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Has China Won?
- The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy
- By: Kishore Mahbubani
- Narrated by: Aaron Abano
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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The defining geopolitical contest of the 21st century is between China and the US. But is it avoidable? And if it happens, is the outcome already inevitable....
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Outstanding, timely, and prescient
- By William J Brown on 04-19-20
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No Trade Is Free
- Changing Course, Taking on China, and Helping America's Workers
- By: Robert Lighthizer
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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America is the first country in history to fund the rise of its rivals. We need to stop now, before it’s too late....
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A fairly contradicting book
- By Ndd on 08-29-24
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The Ripple Effect
- China's Complex Presence in Southeast Asia
- By: Enze Han
- Narrated by: David Lee Huynh
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Many studies of China's relations with and influence on Southeast Asia tend to focus on how Beijing has used its power asymmetry to achieve regional influence. Yet, scholars and pundits often fail to appreciate the complexity of the contemporary Chinese state and society.
By: Enze Han
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The End of the World Is Just the Beginning
- Mapping the Collapse of Globalization
- By: Peter Zeihan
- Narrated by: Peter Zeihan
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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For generations, everything has been getting faster, better, and cheaper. Finally, we reached the point that almost anything you could ever want could be sent to your home within days - even hours - of when you decided you wanted it....
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Everyone dies except Americans
- By preetam on 06-22-22
By: Peter Zeihan
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Narconomics
- How to Run a Drug Cartel
- By: Tom Wainwright
- Narrated by: Brian Hutchison
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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What drug lords learned from big business. How does a budding cartel boss succeed (and survive) in the $300 billion illegal drug business? Find out....
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Worthy book in the "economics explains X" genre
- By A reader on 04-11-16
By: Tom Wainwright
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The Great Rebalancing
- Trade, Conflict, and the Perilous Road Ahead for the World Economy
- By: Michael Pettis
- Narrated by: A.T. Chandler
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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China's economic growth is sputtering, the Euro is under threat, and the United States is combating serious trade disadvantages. Another Great Depression? Not quite....
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A Way The Average American Can Understand How Their Household Is Effected
- By Jerome L. on 11-27-22
By: Michael Pettis
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Has China Won?
- The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy
- By: Kishore Mahbubani
- Narrated by: Aaron Abano
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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The defining geopolitical contest of the 21st century is between China and the US. But is it avoidable? And if it happens, is the outcome already inevitable....
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Outstanding, timely, and prescient
- By William J Brown on 04-19-20
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No Trade Is Free
- Changing Course, Taking on China, and Helping America's Workers
- By: Robert Lighthizer
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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America is the first country in history to fund the rise of its rivals. We need to stop now, before it’s too late....
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A fairly contradicting book
- By Ndd on 08-29-24
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The Ripple Effect
- China's Complex Presence in Southeast Asia
- By: Enze Han
- Narrated by: David Lee Huynh
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Many studies of China's relations with and influence on Southeast Asia tend to focus on how Beijing has used its power asymmetry to achieve regional influence. Yet, scholars and pundits often fail to appreciate the complexity of the contemporary Chinese state and society.
By: Enze Han
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Sleeping with the Devil
- How Washington Sold Our Soul For Saudi Crude
- By: Robert Baer
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Former CIA operative Robert Baer examines the dangers behind America's collaboration with Saudi Arabia....
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A poorly written unscholarly approach
- By Kenneth on 11-11-04
By: Robert Baer
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When America First Met China
- An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail
- By: Eric Jay Dolin
- Narrated by: A. T. Chandler
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Ancient China collides with newfangled America in this epic tale of opium smugglers, sea pirates, and dueling clipper ships....
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Superior book! Excellent read!
- By melissa c. on 01-28-23
By: Eric Jay Dolin
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Dealing with China
- An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower
- By: Henry M. Paulson
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 18 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Henry M. Paulson, Jr., former secretary of the US Treasury and CEO of Goldman Sachs, delivers a behind-the-scenes account of China's rise as an economic superpower....
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A Valuable Book on China
- By Michael Moore on 09-04-15
By: Henry M. Paulson
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Trump vs. China
- Confronting the Chinese Communist Party
- By: Newt Gingrich
- Narrated by: James Wu
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich sounds the warning bell that Communist-ruled China poses the biggest threat to the United States that we have seen in our lifetime....
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Very eye opening
- By Kevin Fletcher on 08-27-22
By: Newt Gingrich
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Sanctions
- What Everyone Needs to Know
- By: Bruce W. Jentleson
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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A concise, authoritative overview of a little-understood yet extremely important phenomenon in world politics: the use of economic sanctions by one country to punish another....
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House of Huawei
- The Secret History of China's Most Powerful Company
- By: Eva Dou
- Length: 14 hrs
- Unabridged
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Washington Post technology reporter Eva Dou pieces together a remarkable portrait of Huawei’s reclusive founder Ren Zhengfei and how he built a sprawling corporate empire—one whose rise Western policymakers have become increasingly obsessed with halting.
By: Eva Dou
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Understanding Global Trade
- By: Elhanan Helpman
- Narrated by: Kevin Charles Minatrea
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Global trade is of vital interest to citizens as well as policymakers, yet it is widely misunderstood....
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Excellent
- By Oseghale Esezobor on 04-16-16
By: Elhanan Helpman
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Trade Is Not a Four-Letter Word
- How Six Everyday Products Make the Case for Trade
- By: Fred P. Hochberg
- Narrated by: Fred P. Hochberg
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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“A sprightly and clear-eyed testimonial to the value of globalization” (The Wall Street Journal) as seen through six surprising everyday goods - the taco salad, the Honda Odyssey, the banana, the iPhone, the college degree, and the blockbuster HBO series Game of Thrones....
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Instructive book on trade.
- By edchair on 01-22-23
By: Fred P. Hochberg
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Superpower Showdown
- How the Battle Between Trump and Xi Threatens a New Cold War
- By: Bob Davis, Lingling Wei
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the inside story of the US-China trade war, how relations between these superpowers unraveled, darkening prospects for global peace and prosperity, as told by two Wall Street Journal reporters, one based in Washington, DC, the other in Beijing....
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Boring. Waste of Time.
- By DING MING YING 丁明英 on 11-23-20
By: Bob Davis, and others
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The World Turned Upside Down
- America, China, and the Struggle for Global Leadership
- By: Clyde Prestowitz
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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An authority on Asia and globalization identifies the challenges China's growing power poses and how it must be confronted....
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Informative and engaging
- By Christopher P Pratt on 02-28-21
By: Clyde Prestowitz
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China Goes Global
- The Partial Power
- By: David Shambaugh
- Narrated by: Mark Ashby
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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In China Goes Global, eminent China scholar David Shambaugh delivers the book that many have been waiting for - a sweeping account of China's growing prominence on the international stage....
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Good summary of China's recent developements
- By Ernest on 12-29-13
By: David Shambaugh
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Vanishing Frontiers
- The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together
- By: Andrew Selee
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Through portraits of business leaders, migrants, chefs, and police officers, Andrew Selee looks at this emerging Mexico, showing how it increasingly influences our daily lives in the US in surprising ways - the jobs we do, the goods we consume, and even the new technology we enjoy....
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A mandatory read, now more than ever
- By Haydon Hill on 08-04-19
By: Andrew Selee
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Dark Commerce
- How a New Illicit Economy Is Threatening Our Future
- By: Louise I. Shelley
- Narrated by: Kate Harper
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Author Louise Shelley examines how new technology, communications, and globalization fuel the exponential growth of dangerous forms of illegal trade and considers diverse ways of responding to this increasing challenge....
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Boring and repetitive.
- By M Townsend on 01-17-19
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The Bridge
- Natural Gas in a Redivided Europe
- By: Thane Gustafson
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 18 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet empire, the West faces a new era of East-West tensions. Any vision of a modern Russia integrated into the world economy and aligned in peaceful partnership with a reunited Europe has abruptly vanished....
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Great history, yet the world turned further
- By "ge-ko" on 01-07-23
By: Thane Gustafson
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Tariff Wars and the Politics of Jacksonian America
- New Perspectives on Jacksonian America
- By: William K. Bolt
- Narrated by: Paul E. Silbermann
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
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Tariff Wars and the Politics of Jacksonian America attempts to show why the tariff was an important part of the national narrative in the antebellum period....
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Stops short of Lincoln’s deed to kill Americans for tariff money to keep power and enrich him and bis chronies
- By Kimberly Nelson on 02-15-23
By: William K. Bolt
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China Shakes the World
- A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future - and the Challenge for America
- By: James Kynge
- Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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"Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world." Napoleon's words seem eerily prescient today, as the shock waves from China's awakening reverberate across the globe....
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I really enjoyed this book. it opened my eyes 👀
- By Anonymous User on 05-07-21
By: James Kynge
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Javatrekker
- Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade Coffee
- By: Dean Cycon
- Narrated by: Dean Cycon
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade Coffee, a unique hybrid of Fair Trade business, adventure travel, and cultural anthropology....
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Excellent and fun book
- By Mike on 03-27-21
By: Dean Cycon
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The Expendables
- How the Middle Class Got Screwed by Globalization
- By: Jeff Rubin
- Narrated by: Jeff Rubin
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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From the number one best-selling author of Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller, a provocative, far-reaching account of how the middle class got stuck with the bill for globalization....
By: Jeff Rubin
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Thirsty Dragon
- China's Lust for Bordeaux and the Threat to the World's Best Wines
- By: Suzanne Mustacich
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Thirsty Dragon lays bare the untold story of how an influx of Chinese money rescued France's most venerable wine region from economic collapse....
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Sleeping with the Devil
- How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude
- By: Robert Baer
- Narrated by: Robert O'Keefe
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
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Former CIA operative Robert Baer examines the dangers behind America's collaboration with Saudi Arabia....
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Ouch. The truth hurts.
- By Kevin Christy on 07-28-03
By: Robert Baer
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The China Price
- The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage
- By: Alexandra Harney
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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To write The China Price, Alexandra Harney has penetrated further and deeper into China's enormous ecosystem of export-oriented industry than any outsider before her....
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Thoroughly Research, Balanced Account
- By Alexandra on 02-07-09
By: Alexandra Harney
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Why Vote Leave
- By: Daniel Hannan
- Narrated by: Daniel Hannan
- Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
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MEP and award-winning political writer Daniel Hannan argues for a British exit ahead of the coming referendum....
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A MUST READ EVEN AFTER THE REFERENDUM!
- By Christine on 06-28-16
By: Daniel Hannan
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Shadow Courts
- The Tribunals that Rule Global Trade (Columbia Global Reports)
- By: Haley Sweetland Edwards
- Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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In this book, investigative journalist Haley Sweetland Edwards offers a detailed look at one little-known but powerful provision in most modern trade agreements that is designed to protect the financial interests of global corporations against the governments of sovereign states....
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The Cost of Free Money
- How Unfettered Capital Threatens Our Economic Future
- By: Paola Subacchi
- Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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A penetrating account of how unchecked capital mobility is damaging international cooperation, polarizing the economic landscape, and ultimately reshaping the global order....
By: Paola Subacchi