Bestsellers
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Zero to One
- Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
- By: Peter Thiel, Blake Masters
- Narrated by: Blake Masters
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall24,865
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Performance20,711
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Story20,616
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “This book delivers completely new and refreshing ideas on how to create value in the world.”—Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta “Peter Thiel has built multiple breakthrough companies, and Zero to One shows how.”—Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla The great...
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Seems Insightful Until You Think A Little Deeper
- By Mark Brandon on 10-31-14
By: Peter Thiel, and others
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Why Nations Fail
- The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- By: Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,791
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Performance3,990
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Story3,979
NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER From two winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, “who have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity” “A wildly ambitious work that hopscotches through history and around the world...
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Pros and Cons of "Why Nations Fail"
- By Joshua Kim on 05-01-12
By: Daron Acemoglu, and others
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United States of Oligarchy
- How America's Wealthiest Ally with Dictators, Weaken the U.S., and Destroy Democracy
- By: Casey Michel
- Narrated by: Joe Dwyer
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
A staggering examination of how America's wealthiest infiltrated the government and allied with dictators, transforming the U.S. from democracy to oligarchy. For years, a small group of billionaires has amassed increasing power, steering American politics for their own benefit. Many of these...
By: Casey Michel
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The Road to Serfdom, the Definitive Edition
- Text and Documents
- By: F. A. Hayek, Bruce Caldwell - editor
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,718
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Performance1,478
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Story1,461
Originally publishing in 1944, The Road to Serfdom was seen as heretical for its passionate warning against the dangers of state control over the means of production....
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Hayek's case for individualism over collectivism
- By Wayne on 10-27-18
By: F. A. Hayek, and others
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The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
- By: John Perkins
- Narrated by: Tom Taylorson
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,997
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Performance4,323
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Story4,329
The New York Times best seller, updated and expanded, featuring 15 explosive new chapters. The previous edition of this now-classic book revealed the existence and subversive manipulations of "economic hit men". John Perkins wrote that economic hit men (EHM) "are highly paid professionals who...
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Don't buy the first "confessions. .." buy this one
- By Bill Redfield on 02-24-16
By: John Perkins
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Capital in the Twenty-First Century
- By: Thomas Piketty, Arthur Goldhammer - translator
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 24 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,596
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Performance3,014
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Story2,992
In Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty analyzes a unique collection of data from 20 countries, ranging as far back as the 18th century, to uncover key economic and social patterns....
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The Financial Times' Critique Doesn't Detract
- By Madeleine on 05-22-14
By: Thomas Piketty, and others
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Zero to One
- Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
- By: Peter Thiel, Blake Masters
- Narrated by: Blake Masters
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall24,865
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Performance20,711
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Story20,616
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “This book delivers completely new and refreshing ideas on how to create value in the world.”—Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta “Peter Thiel has built multiple breakthrough companies, and Zero to One shows how.”—Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla The great...
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Seems Insightful Until You Think A Little Deeper
- By Mark Brandon on 10-31-14
By: Peter Thiel, and others
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Why Nations Fail
- The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- By: Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,791
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Performance3,990
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Story3,979
NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER From two winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, “who have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity” “A wildly ambitious work that hopscotches through history and around the world...
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Pros and Cons of "Why Nations Fail"
- By Joshua Kim on 05-01-12
By: Daron Acemoglu, and others
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United States of Oligarchy
- How America's Wealthiest Ally with Dictators, Weaken the U.S., and Destroy Democracy
- By: Casey Michel
- Narrated by: Joe Dwyer
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
A staggering examination of how America's wealthiest infiltrated the government and allied with dictators, transforming the U.S. from democracy to oligarchy. For years, a small group of billionaires has amassed increasing power, steering American politics for their own benefit. Many of these...
By: Casey Michel
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The Road to Serfdom, the Definitive Edition
- Text and Documents
- By: F. A. Hayek, Bruce Caldwell - editor
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,718
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Performance1,478
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Story1,461
Originally publishing in 1944, The Road to Serfdom was seen as heretical for its passionate warning against the dangers of state control over the means of production....
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Hayek's case for individualism over collectivism
- By Wayne on 10-27-18
By: F. A. Hayek, and others
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The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
- By: John Perkins
- Narrated by: Tom Taylorson
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,997
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Performance4,323
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Story4,329
The New York Times best seller, updated and expanded, featuring 15 explosive new chapters. The previous edition of this now-classic book revealed the existence and subversive manipulations of "economic hit men". John Perkins wrote that economic hit men (EHM) "are highly paid professionals who...
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Don't buy the first "confessions. .." buy this one
- By Bill Redfield on 02-24-16
By: John Perkins
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Capital in the Twenty-First Century
- By: Thomas Piketty, Arthur Goldhammer - translator
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 24 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,596
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Performance3,014
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Story2,992
In Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty analyzes a unique collection of data from 20 countries, ranging as far back as the 18th century, to uncover key economic and social patterns....
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The Financial Times' Critique Doesn't Detract
- By Madeleine on 05-22-14
By: Thomas Piketty, and others
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How Countries Go Broke
- The Big Cycle
- By: Ray Dalio
- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb, Ray Dalio
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall189
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Performance166
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Story166
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Advance copies of Ray Dalio’s new book about how countries go broke have become a hot read in Washington.” —The New York Times “This book is a gift to humanity….Ray provides a solution to what is the biggest and most certain threat to our prosperity.”...
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Trumps Playbook?
- By Ron T on 11-14-25
By: Ray Dalio
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The National System of Political Economy
- By: Friedrich List
- Narrated by: Christopher Kendrick
- Length: 18 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance1
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Story1
"The National System of Political Economy" by Friedrich List, first published in 1841, is a seminal work that advocates for economic nationalism and the strategic use of protectionist policies to foster a country's economic development.
By: Friedrich List
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Our Dollar, Your Problem
- An Insider's View of Seven Turbulent Decades of Global Finance, and the Road Ahead
- By: Kenneth Rogoff
- Narrated by: Evan Sibley
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall92
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Performance87
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Story87
A leading economist explores the global rise of the US dollar and shows why its future stability is far from assured. Our Dollar, Your Problem argues that America’s currency might not have reached today’s lofty pinnacle without a certain amount of good luck. Drawing in part on his own...
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Interesting, Well Written
- By Nancy on 06-27-25
By: Kenneth Rogoff
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Is Reality Optional?
- And Other Essays
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall191
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Performance174
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Story173
Thomas Sowell challenges all the assumptions of contemporary liberalism on issues ranging from the economy to race to education in this collection of controversial essays, and captures his thoughts on politics, race, and common sense with a section at the end for thought-provoking quotes...
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Written so long ago yet relevant today
- By Night Owl Photography on 02-10-23
By: Thomas Sowell
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The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order
- America and the World in the Free Market Era
- By: Gary Gerstle
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall159
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Performance139
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Story138
The epochal shift toward neoliberalism—a web of related policies that, broadly speaking, reduced the footprint of government in society and reassigned economic power to private market forces—that began in the United States and Great Britain in the late 1970s fundamentally changed the world...
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Cursory, unoriginal, class-blind
- By A Reviewer on 10-24-22
By: Gary Gerstle
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Discrimination and Disparities
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Hassiem Muhammad
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance20
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Story20
An enlarged edition of Thomas Sowell's brilliant examination of the origins of economic disparitiesEconomic and other outcomes differ vastly among individuals, groups, and nations. Many explanations have been offered for the differences. Some believe that those with less fortunate outcomes are...
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Book cut off at end of chapter 7. Missing content
- By Robert Dumoulin on 01-16-26
By: Thomas Sowell
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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
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance8
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Story8
Bloomsbury presents China After Mao by Frank Dikötter, read by Daniel York Loh. “A blow-by-blow account … An important corrective to the conventional view of China’s rise.”—Financial Times From internationally renowned historian Frank Dikötter, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize, a...
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Great Book if you are interested in China
- By Rascal on the Run on 09-22-25
By: Frank Dikötter
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Why Nothing Works
- Who Killed Progress—and How to Bring It Back
- By: Marc J. Dunkelman
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall86
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Performance81
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Story81
A provocative exploration of the forces that keep us from getting things done, and how we can restore confidence in government “Dunkelman summarizes the history perfectly.” —David Brooks, The New York Times Named a Best Book of the Year by Financial Times The Economist America was once...
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An important book (and enjoyable listen)
- By ARTHUR E BARAF on 09-08-25
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Coming Up Short
- A Memoir of My America
- By: Robert B. Reich
- Narrated by: Robert B. Reich
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall324
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Performance302
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Story302
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From political economist, cabinet member, beloved professor, media presence, and bestselling author of Saving Capitalism and The Common Good, a deeply felt, compelling memoir of growing up in a baby-boom America that made progress in certain areas, fell short in...
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Interesting points of government/ labor history
- By Patrice on 09-24-25
By: Robert B. Reich
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Capital and Ideology
- By: Thomas Piketty, Arthur Goldhammer - translator
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 48 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall353
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Performance277
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Story276
The epic successor to one of the most important books of the century: at once a retelling of global history, a scathing critique of contemporary politics, and a bold proposal for a new and fairer economic system....
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Big thinking at its finest
- By Amazon Customer on 03-20-20
By: Thomas Piketty, and others
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Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
- By: Kate Raworth
- Narrated by: Kate Raworth
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall470
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Performance400
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Story391
Economics is the mother tongue of public policy. It dominates our decision-making for the future, guides multi-billion-dollar investments, and shapes our responses to climate change, inequality,....
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Economic romanticizing, not economic thinking
- By LAM X LUU on 04-05-18
By: Kate Raworth
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A Brief History of Neoliberalism
- By: David Harvey
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall379
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Performance312
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Story308
Neoliberalism - the doctrine that market exchange is an ethic in itself, capable of acting as a guide for all human action - has become dominant in both thought and practice throughout much of the world since 1970 or so. Writing for a wide audience, David Harvey, author of The New Imperialism...
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Monotone reader
- By Elizabeth on 09-28-17
By: David Harvey
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A Generation of Sociopaths
- How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America
- By: Bruce Cannon Gibney
- Narrated by: Wayne Pyle
- Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall790
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Performance681
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Story680
In his "remarkable" (Men's Journal) and "controversial" (Fortune) book -- written in a "wry, amusing style" (The Guardian) -- Bruce Cannon Gibney shows how America was hijacked by the Boomers, a generation whose reckless self-indulgence degraded the foundations of American prosperity. In A...
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Honest introspection required
- By Niki on 03-31-17
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Profit Over People
- Neoliberalism & Global Order
- By: Noam Chomsky
- Narrated by: Brian Jones
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall290
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Performance251
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Story248
In Profit Over People, Chomsky reveals the roots of the present crisis, tracing the history of neoliberalism....
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Eye Opener
- By Maxwell Boyle on 12-24-16
By: Noam Chomsky
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Governing the Commons
- The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action (Canto Classics)
- By: Elinor Ostrom
- Narrated by: Kathleen Godwin
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance5
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Story5
The governance of natural resources used by many individuals in common is an issue of increasing concern to policy analysts. Both state control and privatization of resources have been advocated, but neither the state nor the market have been uniformly successful in solving common resource problems.
By: Elinor Ostrom
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The Housing Boom and Bust
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,262
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Performance948
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Story947
This book is designed to unravel the tangled threads of the 2008-2009 financial crisis....
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Inciteful Non partisan blame
- By Adolphe on 08-04-09
By: Thomas Sowell
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The Great Transformation
- The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time
- By: Karl Polanyi, Joseph E. Stiglitz - foreword
- Narrated by: David Pickering
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance16
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Story16
In this classic work of economic history and social theory, Karl Polanyi analyzes the economic and social changes brought about by the great transformation of the Industrial Revolution.
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Self regulating markets eventually fail
- By Robert Ziegler on 02-15-25
By: Karl Polanyi, and others
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Technology and the Rise of Great Powers
- How Diffusion Shapes Economic Competition
- By: Jeffrey Ding
- Narrated by: Rick Barr
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
When scholars and policymakers consider how technological advances affect the rise and fall of great powers, they draw on theories that center on the moment of innovation—the eureka moment that sparks astonishing technological feats.
By: Jeffrey Ding
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Bad Company
- Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream
- By: Megan Greenwell
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall133
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Performance117
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Story117
*VANITY FAIR'S BEST BOOKS OF 2025*ONE OF NEW REPUBLIC'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR*KIRKUS' BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2025*ONE OF AV CLUB'S BEST BOOKS OF 2025* "[An] indictment of an industry that has cannily tilted the playing field in its favor. Bad Company details how clichéd abstractions like...
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Healthcare shouldn’t be for profit. Ever
- By Desiree Gosson on 09-17-25
By: Megan Greenwell
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21st Century Monetary Policy
- The Federal Reserve from the Great Inflation to COVID-19
- By: Ben S. Bernanke
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 16 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall116
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Performance96
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Story97
21st Century Monetary Policy takes listeners inside the Federal Reserve, explaining what it does and why. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve deployed an extraordinary range of policy tools that helped prevent the collapse of the financial system and the U.S. economy. Chair...
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don't buy, horrible narration
- By Mr. Incognito on 05-18-22
By: Ben S. Bernanke
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The Triumph of Economic Freedom
- Debunking the Seven Great Myths of American Capitalism
- By: Phil Gramm, Donald J. Boudreaux
- Narrated by: Heathcliff Lee
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance8
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Story8
Bloomsbury presents The Triumph of Economic Freedom: Debunking the Seven Great Myths of American Capitalism by Phil Gramm and Donald J. Boudreaux, read by Heathcliff Lee. "This readable and important book makes a strong case that the received version of economic history taught in high schools...
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Good History of Economic Events
- By Scott R. Johnston on 12-24-25
By: Phil Gramm, and others
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The Privatization of Everything
- How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back
- By: Donald Cohen, Allen Mikaelian
- Narrated by: Brian P. Craig
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32
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Performance27
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Story27
As people reach for social justice and better lives, they create public goods that must be kept out of the market. When private interests take over, they strip public goods of their power to lift people up, creating instead a tool to diminish democracy, further inequality, and separate us from...
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Consider me recruited!
- By Anonymous on 07-27-25
By: Donald Cohen, and others
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How Much is Enough?
- Money and the Good Life
- By: Edward Skidelsky
- Narrated by: Clay Teunis
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall49
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Performance37
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Story37
A provocative and timely call for a moral approach to economics, drawing on philosophers, political theorists, writers, and economists from Aristotle to Marx to Keynes....
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Not what I expected at all!
- By Brad and Chi on 05-22-23
By: Edward Skidelsky
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The Price of Inequality
- How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
- By: Joseph E. Stiglitz
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall978
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Performance829
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Story836
The top 1 percent of Americans control 40 percent of the nation's wealth. And, as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains, while those at the top enjoy the best health care, education, and benefits of wealth, they fail to realize that "their fate is bound up with how the other 99 percent live." Stiglitz...
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One side is never enough....
- By Michael on 08-08-12