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Bestsellers
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The Deficit Myth
- Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
- By: Stephanie Kelton
- Narrated by: Stephanie Kelton
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Stephanie Kelton's brilliant exploration of modern monetary theory (MMT) dramatically changes our understanding of how we can best deal with crucial issues ranging from poverty and inequality to creating jobs....
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Good core idea, ruined by polemics
- By Amaze on 06-25-20
By: Stephanie Kelton
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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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Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries.....
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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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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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What happens when a society is run by people who are antisocial? Welcome to baby boomer America.....
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Honest introspection required
- By Niki on 03-31-17
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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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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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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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Discrimination and Disparities
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Discrimination and Disparities challenges believers in such one-factor explanations of economic outcome differences as discrimination, exploitation, or genetics....
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Hard Pill To Swallow - I’m better for it
- By Charles on 01-14-19
By: Thomas Sowell
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The Deficit Myth
- Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
- By: Stephanie Kelton
- Narrated by: Stephanie Kelton
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Stephanie Kelton's brilliant exploration of modern monetary theory (MMT) dramatically changes our understanding of how we can best deal with crucial issues ranging from poverty and inequality to creating jobs....
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Good core idea, ruined by polemics
- By Amaze on 06-25-20
By: Stephanie Kelton
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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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Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries.....
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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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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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What happens when a society is run by people who are antisocial? Welcome to baby boomer America.....
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Honest introspection required
- By Niki on 03-31-17
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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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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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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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Discrimination and Disparities
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Discrimination and Disparities challenges believers in such one-factor explanations of economic outcome differences as discrimination, exploitation, or genetics....
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Hard Pill To Swallow - I’m better for it
- By Charles on 01-14-19
By: Thomas Sowell
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The Whiteness of Wealth
- How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans - and How We Can Fix It
- By: Dorothy A. Brown
- Narrated by: Karen Murray
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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A groundbreaking exposé of racism in the American taxation system from a law professor and expert on tax policy....
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Thought provoking and very accessible
- By Simone on 05-16-21
By: Dorothy A. Brown
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Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
- Or, How Capitalism Works - and How It Fails
- By: Yanis Varoufakis
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Yanis Varoufakis has appeared before heads of nations, assemblies of experts, and countless students around the world. Now, he faces his most important - and difficult - audience yet....
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Super Digestible
- By Sean on 06-30-22
By: Yanis Varoufakis
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The System
- Who Rigged It, How We Fix It
- By: Robert B. Reich
- Narrated by: Robert B. Reich
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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From the best-selling author of Saving Capitalism and The Common Good, an urgent analysis of how the "rigged" systems of American politics and power operate, how this status quo came to be, and how average citizens can enact change....
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Turn Off Your TV. Wake Up and Listen Now!
- By Benchmark on 03-25-20
By: Robert B. Reich
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End the Fed
- By: Ron Paul
- Narrated by: Bob Craig
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
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Most people don't give a second thought to the Federal Reserve, but they should. In End the Fed, Ron Paul argues that the Fed is both corrupt and dangerously autonomous....
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Very clear and understandable
- By Jonnie on 09-19-09
By: Ron Paul
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The Bond King
- How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All
- By: Mary Childs
- Narrated by: Mary Childs
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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From the host of NPR’s Planet Money comes the deeply investigated story of how one visionary, ruthless investor changed American finance forever....
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Being a good writer does not make you a good narrator
- By John Mallory on 05-14-22
By: Mary Childs
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Limitarianism
- The Case Against Extreme Wealth
- By: Ingrid Robeyns
- Narrated by: Rachel Bavidge
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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How much money is too much? Is it ethical, and democratic, for an individual to amass a limitless amount of wealth, and then spend it however they choose? Many of us feel that the answer to that is no—but what can we do about it....
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How important it is for everyone to read this book!
- By MSH on 02-27-24
By: Ingrid Robeyns
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Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
- By: Anne Case, Angus Deaton
- Narrated by: Kate Harper
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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From economist Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton, a groundbreaking account of how the flaws in capitalism are fatal for America's working class....
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So many words, so little insight
- By Trebla on 03-22-20
By: Anne Case, and others
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The Injustice of Place
- Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America
- By: Kathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer, Timothy J. Nelson
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Three of the nation’s top scholars – known for tackling key mysteries about poverty in America – turn their attention from the country’s poorest people to its poorest places....
By: Kathryn J. Edin, and others
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Viking Economics:
- How the Scandinavians Got It Right - And How We Can, Too
- By: George Lakey
- Narrated by: Chris Roman
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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George Lakey explores the inner-workings of the Nordic economies that boast the world's happiest, most productive workers....
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We’ll researched book
- By Sami on 08-22-19
By: George Lakey
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Fed Up
- An Insider's Take on Why the Federal Reserve Is Bad for America
- By: Danielle DiMartino Booth
- Narrated by: Danielle DiMartino Booth
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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This book is Booth's clarion call for a change in the way America's most powerful financial institution is run - before it's too late....
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straight forward brilliant
- By casey on 02-20-17
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As Gods Among Men
- A History of the Rich in the West
- By: Guido Alfani
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 16 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Alfani argues that the position of the rich and super-rich in Western society has always been intrinsically fragile; their very presence has inspired social unease. In the Middle Ages, an excessive accumulation of wealth was considered sinful; the rich were expected not to appear to be wealthy....
By: Guido Alfani
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Wall Street's War on Workers
- How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do About It
- By: Les Leopold
- Narrated by: Madison Niederhauser
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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In Wall Street’s War on Workers, Les Leopold, co-founder of the Labor Institute, provides a clear lens with which we can see how healthy corporations in the United States have used mass layoffs and stock buybacks to enrich shareholders at the expense of employees....
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Timely and informative
- By Andrea on 04-01-24
By: Les Leopold
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Oneness vs. the 1%
- Shattering Illusions, Seeding Freedom
- By: Vandana Shiva, Kartikey Shiva
- Narrated by: Tia Rider
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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In Oneness vs. the 1%, Vandana Shiva takes on the billionaires club of Gates, Buffet, and Zuckerberg, as well as other modern empires whose blindness to the rights of people, and to the destructive impact of their construct of linear progress, have wrought havoc across the world....
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Bombshell
- By Anonymous User on 02-24-21
By: Vandana Shiva, and others
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What We Owe Each Other
- A New Social Contract for a Better Society
- By: Minouche Shafik
- Narrated by: Minouche Shafik
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
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This audiobook narrated by Minouche Shafik provides an urgent rethinking of how we can better support each other to thrive....
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Not the Good Place Book but worth listening to:
- By Thomas Gimbel on 04-11-22
By: Minouche Shafik
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The Rise and Fall of the East
- How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline
- By: Yasheng Huang PhD
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lam
- Length: 17 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Chinese society has been shaped by the interplay of the EAST—exams, autocracy, stability, and technology—from ancient times through the present. Chinese autocracies have developed exceptional tools for homogenizing ideas, norms, and practices. But this uniformity came with a huge downside....
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Thought provoking
- By Wyatt on 03-11-24
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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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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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The Chickenshit Club
- Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives
- By: Jesse Eisinger
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Why were no bankers put in prison after the financial crisis of 2008? Why do CEOs seem to commit wrongdoing with impunity? The problem goes beyond banks deemed "too big to fail"....
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Makes Perfect Sense to Me
- By tetrahymena on 10-07-18
By: Jesse Eisinger
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The New Goliaths
- How Corporations Use Software to Dominate Industries, Kill Innovation
- By: James Bessen
- Narrated by: Mack Sanderson
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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James Bessen presents an approach to reinvigorating economic competition that doesn’t break up corporate giants, but compels them to share their technology, data, and knowledge....
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Excellent book and analysis.
- By James Yoon on 12-18-22
By: James Bessen
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The Battle of Bretton Woods
- John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order
- By: Benn Steil
- Narrated by: Philip Rose
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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When turmoil strikes world monetary and financial markets, leaders invariably call for "a new Bretton Woods" to prevent catastrophic economic disorder and defuse political conflict....
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Is this a mystery, a history or an economics book?
- By Neil on 04-23-13
By: Benn Steil
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The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism
- By: Martin Wolf
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
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Martin Wolf has long been one of the wisest voices on global economic issues. He has rarely been called an optimist, yet he has never been as worried as he is today. Liberal democracy is in recession, and authoritarianism is on the rise....
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Rambling and muddled.
- By Daniel Mccarty on 02-20-23
By: Martin Wolf
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On Fire
- The Case for the Green New Deal
- By: Naomi Klein
- Narrated by: Naomi Klein - introduction, Rebecca Lowman
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
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An expansive, far-ranging exploration that sees the battle for a greener world as indistinguishable from the fight for our lives, On Fire captures the burning urgency of the climate crisis....
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Preaching to the choir, but nobody else.
- By Fountain of Chris on 09-25-19
By: Naomi Klein
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Give People Money
- How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World
- By: Annie Lowrey
- Narrated by: Annie Lowrey
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
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Imagine if every month the government deposited $1,000 into your bank account, with nothing expected in return. It sounds crazy. But it has become one of the most influential and hotly debated policy ideas of our time....
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Liberal whine-fest rather than serious discussion
- By Jason on 07-25-18
By: Annie Lowrey
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Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire
- By: Rebecca Henderson
- Narrated by: Rebecca Henderson, Lucinda Clare
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
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A renowned Harvard professor debunks prevailing orthodoxy with a new intellectual foundation and a practical pathway forward for a system that has lost its moral and ethical foundation....
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Review of thoughts
- By Earphone lover on 10-19-20
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Good Economics for Hard Times
- Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
- By: Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo
- Narrated by: James Lurie
- Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
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The winners of the Nobel Prize show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day....
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audio is not The best format for a book like this
- By CB on 12-08-19
By: Abhijit V. Banerjee, and others
New releases
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The Longevity Imperative
- How to Build a Healthier and More Productive Society to Support Our Longer Lives
- By: Andrew J. Scott
- Narrated by: Michael Chance
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Thanks to increases in life expectancy, we can now expect to live for a long time. Most of us would welcome an extra day in the week, so why do so many of us view the prospect of additional years with fear and skepticism? The reason is simple: society is not currently structured to support long lives. Rather than thinking in terms of the needs of a rising number of older people, we must instead support the young and middle-aged to prepare differently for the longer futures they can expect.
By: Andrew J. Scott
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Busting the Bankers' Club
- Finance for the Rest of Us
- By: Gerald Epstein
- Narrated by: Kent Klineman
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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An eye-opening account of the failures of our financial system, the sources of its staying power, and the path to meaningful economic reform.
By: Gerald Epstein
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A Patriot's History of Globalism
- Its Rise and Decline
- By: Larry Schweikart
- Narrated by: Troy Wolfe
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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In the wake of Napoleon's defeat in 1814, the globalists of the day (mostly monarchs) sought to create a governing arrangement for Europe. Within forty years, three of the major participants were at war with each other. After World War I, they tried again at Versailles, this time even more aggressively changing boundaries of nations and moving populations. That attempt only lasted twenty years before another major war between the participants. Yet again, after World War II, globalists used the threat of the atomic bomb to try to form an international government with the United Nations.
By: Larry Schweikart
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Wall Street's War on Workers
- How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do About It
- By: Les Leopold
- Narrated by: Madison Niederhauser
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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In Wall Street’s War on Workers, Les Leopold, co-founder of the Labor Institute, provides a clear lens with which we can see how healthy corporations in the United States have used mass layoffs and stock buybacks to enrich shareholders at the expense of employees. With detailed research and concise language, Leopold explains why mass layoffs occur and how our current laws and regulations allow companies to turn these layoffs into short-term financial gains.
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Timely and informative
- By Andrea on 04-01-24
By: Les Leopold
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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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"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. List argues against the prevailing doctrine of free trade and presents a comprehensive framework for promoting domestic industry and infrastructure. His ideas have had a lasting impact on the development of industrial policy and international trade theory. The book remains a significant contribution to the understanding of economic development.
By: Friedrich List
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The Inequality of Wealth
- By: Liam Byrne
- Narrated by: Keith Wickham
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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A wide-ranging and compelling account of the historical and current causes of wealth inequality, offering prescriptions for lasting solutions to an intractable problem, and for a more equitable distribution of wealth and resources.
By: Liam Byrne
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The Longevity Imperative
- How to Build a Healthier and More Productive Society to Support Our Longer Lives
- By: Andrew J. Scott
- Narrated by: Michael Chance
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Thanks to increases in life expectancy, we can now expect to live for a long time. Most of us would welcome an extra day in the week, so why do so many of us view the prospect of additional years with fear and skepticism? The reason is simple: society is not currently structured to support long lives. Rather than thinking in terms of the needs of a rising number of older people, we must instead support the young and middle-aged to prepare differently for the longer futures they can expect.
By: Andrew J. Scott
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Busting the Bankers' Club
- Finance for the Rest of Us
- By: Gerald Epstein
- Narrated by: Kent Klineman
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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An eye-opening account of the failures of our financial system, the sources of its staying power, and the path to meaningful economic reform.
By: Gerald Epstein
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A Patriot's History of Globalism
- Its Rise and Decline
- By: Larry Schweikart
- Narrated by: Troy Wolfe
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
In the wake of Napoleon's defeat in 1814, the globalists of the day (mostly monarchs) sought to create a governing arrangement for Europe. Within forty years, three of the major participants were at war with each other. After World War I, they tried again at Versailles, this time even more aggressively changing boundaries of nations and moving populations. That attempt only lasted twenty years before another major war between the participants. Yet again, after World War II, globalists used the threat of the atomic bomb to try to form an international government with the United Nations.
By: Larry Schweikart
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Wall Street's War on Workers
- How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do About It
- By: Les Leopold
- Narrated by: Madison Niederhauser
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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In Wall Street’s War on Workers, Les Leopold, co-founder of the Labor Institute, provides a clear lens with which we can see how healthy corporations in the United States have used mass layoffs and stock buybacks to enrich shareholders at the expense of employees. With detailed research and concise language, Leopold explains why mass layoffs occur and how our current laws and regulations allow companies to turn these layoffs into short-term financial gains.
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Timely and informative
- By Andrea on 04-01-24
By: Les Leopold
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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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"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. List argues against the prevailing doctrine of free trade and presents a comprehensive framework for promoting domestic industry and infrastructure. His ideas have had a lasting impact on the development of industrial policy and international trade theory. The book remains a significant contribution to the understanding of economic development.
By: Friedrich List
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The Inequality of Wealth
- By: Liam Byrne
- Narrated by: Keith Wickham
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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A wide-ranging and compelling account of the historical and current causes of wealth inequality, offering prescriptions for lasting solutions to an intractable problem, and for a more equitable distribution of wealth and resources.
By: Liam Byrne