Bestsellers
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
- Why Nations Succeed or Fail
- By: Ray Dalio
- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb, Ray Dalio
- Length: 16 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order examines history’s most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those we’ve experienced in our lifetimes....
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Ray Dalio, Chinas New Minister of Propoganda
- By Dudley on 01-04-22
By: Ray Dalio
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Chip War
- The Quest to Dominate the World's Most Critical Technology
- By: Chris Miller
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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You may be surprised to learn that microchips are the new oil—the scarce resource on which the modern world depends. Today, military, economic, and geopolitical power are built on a foundation of computer chips....
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Great history, but could poor narration
- By Lily Wong on 10-26-22
By: Chris Miller
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The War Below
- Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
- By: Ernest Scheyder
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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The War Below reveals the explosive brawl among industry titans, conservationists, community groups, policymakers, and many others over whether the habitats of rare plants, sensitive ecosystems, Indigenous holy sites, and other places should be dug up for their riches.
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Misses its chance at greatness
- By B L on 09-16-24
By: Ernest Scheyder
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Underground Empire
- How America Weaponized the World Economy
- By: Henry Farrell, Abraham Newman
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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A deeply researched investigation that reveals how the United States is like a spider at the heart of an international web of surveillance and control, which it weaves in the form of globe-spanning networks such as fiber optic cables and obscure payment systems....
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Fantastic, Relevant, and Important.
- By Amazon Customer on 10-29-23
By: Henry Farrell, and others
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How the World Ran Out of Everything
- Inside the Global Supply Chain
- By: Peter S. Goodman
- Narrated by: Michael David Axtell
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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In How the World Ran Out of Everything, award-winning journalist Peter S. Goodman reveals the fascinating innerworkings of our supply chain and the factors that have led to its constant, dangerous vulnerability.
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Must Read!
- By Adam W Jones on 10-05-24
By: Peter S. Goodman
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American Kleptocracy
- How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History
- By: Casey Michel
- Narrated by: Joe Dwyer
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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A remarkable debut by one of America's premier young reporters on financial corruption, American Kleptocracy offers the first explosive investigation into how the United States of America built the largest illicit offshore finance system the world has ever known....
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Brilliant, timely, a cautionary tale
- By Victoria Eriksson on 11-24-21
By: Casey Michel
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
- Why Nations Succeed or Fail
- By: Ray Dalio
- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb, Ray Dalio
- Length: 16 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order examines history’s most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those we’ve experienced in our lifetimes....
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Ray Dalio, Chinas New Minister of Propoganda
- By Dudley on 01-04-22
By: Ray Dalio
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Chip War
- The Quest to Dominate the World's Most Critical Technology
- By: Chris Miller
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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You may be surprised to learn that microchips are the new oil—the scarce resource on which the modern world depends. Today, military, economic, and geopolitical power are built on a foundation of computer chips....
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Great history, but could poor narration
- By Lily Wong on 10-26-22
By: Chris Miller
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The War Below
- Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
- By: Ernest Scheyder
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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The War Below reveals the explosive brawl among industry titans, conservationists, community groups, policymakers, and many others over whether the habitats of rare plants, sensitive ecosystems, Indigenous holy sites, and other places should be dug up for their riches.
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Misses its chance at greatness
- By B L on 09-16-24
By: Ernest Scheyder
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Underground Empire
- How America Weaponized the World Economy
- By: Henry Farrell, Abraham Newman
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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A deeply researched investigation that reveals how the United States is like a spider at the heart of an international web of surveillance and control, which it weaves in the form of globe-spanning networks such as fiber optic cables and obscure payment systems....
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Fantastic, Relevant, and Important.
- By Amazon Customer on 10-29-23
By: Henry Farrell, and others
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How the World Ran Out of Everything
- Inside the Global Supply Chain
- By: Peter S. Goodman
- Narrated by: Michael David Axtell
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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In How the World Ran Out of Everything, award-winning journalist Peter S. Goodman reveals the fascinating innerworkings of our supply chain and the factors that have led to its constant, dangerous vulnerability.
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Must Read!
- By Adam W Jones on 10-05-24
By: Peter S. Goodman
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American Kleptocracy
- How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History
- By: Casey Michel
- Narrated by: Joe Dwyer
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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A remarkable debut by one of America's premier young reporters on financial corruption, American Kleptocracy offers the first explosive investigation into how the United States of America built the largest illicit offshore finance system the world has ever known....
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Brilliant, timely, a cautionary tale
- By Victoria Eriksson on 11-24-21
By: Casey Michel
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The Split
- Finding the Opportunities in China's Economy in the New World Order
- By: Shaun Rein
- Narrated by: Kevin Shen
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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China will soon eclipse the United States as the world's largest economy and companies will lose out if they do not know how to invest in China properly. No company has been able to get into China for 3 years. Shaun Rein hasn't left.
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very insightful, real understanding of China
- By Jonathan Fein on 10-28-24
By: Shaun Rein
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This Changes Everything
- Capitalism vs. the Climate
- By: Naomi Klein
- Narrated by: Ellen Archer
- Length: 20 hrs and 44 mins
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In This Changes Everything Naomi Klein argues that climate change isn’t just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes and health care....
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Didactic and preachy... and I agree with her
- By plau on 09-25-16
By: Naomi Klein
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Adventure Capitalist
- The Ultimate Road Trip
- By: Jim Rogers
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
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It's the ultimate road trip....
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New Perspective
- By Dan on 08-27-04
By: Jim Rogers
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Foreign Agents
- How American Lobbyists and Lawmakers Threaten Democracy Around the World
- By: Casey Michel
- Narrated by: Joe Dwyer
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Casey Michel provides a stunning investigation and indictment of a segment of the United States' foreign lobbying industry, and the threat to end democracy.
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Should be read by everyone
- By Jeroen on 10-27-24
By: Casey Michel
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The Coming Collapse of China
- By: Gordon G. Chang
- Narrated by: Nancy Wu
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
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China is hot. The world sees a glorious future for this sleeping giant, three times larger than the United States, predicting it will blossom into the world's biggest economy by 2010. According to Chang, however, a lawyer and China specialist, the People's Republic is a paper dragon....
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Outdated
- By Larson Family on 07-17-21
By: Gordon G. Chang
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How Nations Escape Poverty
- Vietnam, Poland, and the Origins of Prosperity
- By: Rainer Zitelmann
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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During the twentieth century, Vietnam and Poland were both victims not only of devastating wars, but also of socialist planned economies that destroyed whatever war hadn’t already.
By: Rainer Zitelmann
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Confessions of an Economic Hitman
- By: John Perkins
- Narrated by: Brian Emerson
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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This is the inside story of how America turned from a respected republic into a feared empire....
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Uninformed and largely fictitious
- By Trevor Burnham on 05-31-05
By: John Perkins
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Postcapitalism
- A Guide to Our Future
- By: Paul Mason
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Paul Mason's Postcapitalism argues that we are on the brink of a change so big and so profound that this time capitalism itself will mutate into something wholly new....
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some good ideas...
- By "ge-ko" on 06-19-16
By: Paul Mason
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The New China Playbook
- Beyond Socialism and Capitalism
- By: Keyu Jin
- Narrated by: Jenapher Zheng
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
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World-renowned economist and professor at the London School of Economics Keyu Jin presents a myth-dispelling, comprehensive guide to the Chinese economy and its path to ascendancy....
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Good content but missing important information
- By Anonymous User on 07-03-23
By: Keyu Jin
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Why the West Rules - for Now
- The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future
- By: Ian Morris
- Narrated by: Antony Ferguson
- Length: 24 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Sometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the world was forever changed....
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Compelling and infuriating take at World History
- By Skeptical on 09-11-11
By: Ian Morris
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Kleptopia
- How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World
- By: Tom Burgis
- Narrated by: Tom Burgis
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
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In this shocking, meticulously reported work of narrative nonfiction, an award-winning investigative journalist exposes “capitalism’s monster”—global kleptocracy—and reveals how it is corrupting the world around us....
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Lazy Journalism in long narrative form
- By Jeremy on 02-14-21
By: Tom Burgis
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North Korea Confidential
- Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors
- By: Daniel Tudor, James Pearson
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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North Korea is one of the most troubled societies on earth. The country's 24 million people live under a violent dictatorship led by a single family, which relentlessly pursues the development of nuclear arms....
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Interesting portrait of North Korea marred by awful pronunciation
- By Amazon Customer on 08-03-21
By: Daniel Tudor, and others
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The Rise and Fall of Nations
- Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World
- By: Ruchir Sharma
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
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Sharma explains how to spot political, economic, and social changes in real time....
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must read for anyone in investing
- By pb on 07-07-16
By: Ruchir Sharma
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Adults in the Room
- My Battle with the European and American Deep Establishment
- By: Yanis Varoufakis
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 20 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Renowned economist and former finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis gives the full account of his momentous clash with the mightiest economic and political forces on earth....
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Very interesting but listen with caution.
- By Dimitris on 10-08-19
By: Yanis Varoufakis
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The Absent Superpower
- The Shale Revolution and a World Without America
- By: Peter Zeihan
- Narrated by: Toby Sheets
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
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The world is changing in ways most of us find incomprehensible....
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Only worthwhile if you're curious about updates
- By Anon on 02-27-18
By: Peter Zeihan
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The Myth of Chinese Capitalism
- The Worker, the Factory, and the Future of the World
- By: Dexter Roberts
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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The untold story of how restrictive policies are preventing China from becoming the world's largest economy....
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Immensely valuable
- By Seth on 08-28-20
By: Dexter Roberts
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The Secret History of the American Empire
- Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Corporate Corruption
- By: John Perkins
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Perkins zeroes in on hot spots around the world and, drawing on interviews with other hit men, jackals, reporters, and activists, examines the current geopolitical crisis....
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Excellent - buy it now!
- By Harry on 08-17-07
By: John Perkins
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China After Mao
- The Rise of a Superpower
- By: Frank Dikötter
- Narrated by: Daniel York Loh
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
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From the Samuel Johnson Prize-winning author of Mao's Great Famine comes a timely and compelling account of China in the wake of Chairman Mao....
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This guy's writing style is trash
- By L YS on 10-06-24
By: Frank Dikötter
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Shutdown
- How Covid Shook the World's Economy
- By: Adam Tooze
- Narrated by: Simon Vance, Adam Tooze
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
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Deftly weaving finance, politics, business, and the global human experience into one tight narrative, a tour-de-force account of 2020, the year that changed everything - from the acclaimed author of Crashed....
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Case study in why historians shouldn't play pundit
- By Carter37 on 09-28-21
By: Adam Tooze
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Other People's Money
- The Real Business of Finance
- By: John Kay
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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The finance sector of Western economies is too large and attracts too many of the smartest college graduates....
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Listened twice. Everyone must read this.
- By Tristan on 01-18-16
By: John Kay
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Extreme Economies
- What Life at the World's Margins Can Teach Us About Our Own Future
- By: Richard Davies
- Narrated by: James MacCallum
- Length: 12 hrs
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At once personal and keenly analytical, Extreme Economies is an epic travelogue for the age of global turbulence, shedding light on today’s most pressing economic questions....
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Well Researched, Well Travelled, Well Told
- By Loren on 02-17-20
By: Richard Davies
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Take Your Company Global
- The New Rules of International Expansion
- By: Nataly Kelly
- Narrated by: Sarah Welborn
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
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Nataly Kelly, Chief Growth Officer at Rebrandly (a global tech company with customers in more than 100 countries) and former VP International Ops and Strategy at HubSpot, says now the goal should be market intensification—building on the presence you already have....
By: Nataly Kelly
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In Defense of Open Society
- By: George Soros
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
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An impassioned defense of open society, academic and media freedom, and human rights....
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Master Class in Socio-economics
- By richard s. on 09-24-20
By: George Soros
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Connectography
- Mapping the Future of Global Civilization
- By: Parag Khanna
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 16 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Connectivity is the most revolutionary force of the 21st century. Mankind is reengineering the planet, investing up to 10 trillion dollars per year in transportation, energy, and communications....
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Fluffy and Pretentious
- By Kurt Emery Matson on 12-01-16
By: Parag Khanna