-
Gaffs
- Why No One Can Get a House, and What We Can Do About It
- Narrado por: Rory Hearne
- Duración: 13 h y 57 m
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Error al Agregar a Lista de Deseos.
Error al eliminar de la lista de deseos.
Error al añadir a tu biblioteca
Error al seguir el podcast
Error al dejar de seguir el podcast
Exclusivo para miembros Prime: ¿Nuevo en Audible? Obtén 2 audiolibros gratis con tu prueba.
Gaffs
Compra ahora por US$26.13
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Los oyentes también disfrutaron...
-
Poverty, by America
- De: Matthew Desmond
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
- Duración: 5 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 688
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 604
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 603
The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages?
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A testimonial based on facts and witness
- De Alonzo Nightjar en 03-27-23
De: Matthew Desmond
-
The Deficit Myth
- Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
- De: Stephanie Kelton
- Narrado por: Stephanie Kelton
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,559
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,294
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,285
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, expanding health care coverage, climate change, and building resilient infrastructure. Any ambitious proposal, however, inevitably runs into the buzz saw of how to find the money to pay for it, rooted in myths about deficits that are hobbling us as a country.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Good core idea, ruined by polemics
- De Amaze en 06-25-20
De: Stephanie Kelton
-
Fixer-Upper
- How to Repair America’s Broken Housing Systems
- De: Jenny Schuetz
- Narrado por: Suzie Althens
- Duración: 5 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 36
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 33
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Much ink has been spilled in recent years talking about political divides and inequality in the United States. But these discussions too often miss one of the most important factors in the divisions among Americans: the fundamentally unequal nature of the nation's housing systems. Increasingly, important life outcomes—performance in school, employment, even life expectancy—are determined by where people live and the quality of homes they live in. Fixer-Upper is the first book assessing how local, state, and national housing policies affect people and communities.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Good review
- De A. F. Davis en 09-16-22
De: Jenny Schuetz
-
The Money Deception - What Banks & Governments Don't Want You to Know
- Money Power, Banking Rules & Secrets Exposed. The Money Education & Makeover Guide.
- De: Thomas Herold
- Narrado por: Ken Strecker
- Duración: 8 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 131
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 121
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 121
This audiobook unveils more than 20 secret methods used by banks, governments, and corporations to legally steal 90 percent of your income. Brilliantly authored and astoundingly easy to understand, this audiobook is an eye-popping exposure of the most sophisticated fraud in the history of mankind.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Five Stars
- De Anthony Daniel en 07-04-19
De: Thomas Herold
-
The Divide
- Global Inequality from Conquest to Free Markets
- De: Jason Hickel
- Narrado por: Jonathan Cowley
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 199
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 167
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 164
Sixty percent of humanity - some four-point-three billion people - live in debilitating poverty. The standard development narrative suggests that alleviating poverty in poor countries is a matter of getting the internal policies right, combined with aid from rich countries. But anthropologist Jason Hickel argues that this approach misses the broader political forces at play. Global poverty - and the growing divide between "developing" and "developed" countries - has to do with how the global economy has been designed over the course of 500 years. Global inequality doesn't just exist; it has been created.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
eye-opening
- De Dumuzi-apsu en 03-05-19
De: Jason Hickel
-
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism
- Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class
- De: John Hope Bryant
- Narrado por: J. D. Jackson
- Duración: 4 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 135
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 112
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 110
This audiobook has a simple message for business leaders: your primary goal must be to serve and raise the poor. The poor need to enter the economic system to buy products, put money in banks, and move into the middle class. This is the only approach that can possibly save the American Dream. John Hope Bryant, successful self-made businessman and founder of the nonprofit Operation HOPE, says business and political leaders are ignoring the one force that could truly re-energize the stalled American economy: the poor.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Simply a MUST read!
- De Kevin E Crittendon en 11-05-16
De: John Hope Bryant
-
Poverty, by America
- De: Matthew Desmond
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
- Duración: 5 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 688
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 604
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 603
The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages?
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
A testimonial based on facts and witness
- De Alonzo Nightjar en 03-27-23
De: Matthew Desmond
-
The Deficit Myth
- Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
- De: Stephanie Kelton
- Narrado por: Stephanie Kelton
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,559
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,294
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,285
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, expanding health care coverage, climate change, and building resilient infrastructure. Any ambitious proposal, however, inevitably runs into the buzz saw of how to find the money to pay for it, rooted in myths about deficits that are hobbling us as a country.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Good core idea, ruined by polemics
- De Amaze en 06-25-20
De: Stephanie Kelton
-
Fixer-Upper
- How to Repair America’s Broken Housing Systems
- De: Jenny Schuetz
- Narrado por: Suzie Althens
- Duración: 5 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 36
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 33
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Much ink has been spilled in recent years talking about political divides and inequality in the United States. But these discussions too often miss one of the most important factors in the divisions among Americans: the fundamentally unequal nature of the nation's housing systems. Increasingly, important life outcomes—performance in school, employment, even life expectancy—are determined by where people live and the quality of homes they live in. Fixer-Upper is the first book assessing how local, state, and national housing policies affect people and communities.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Good review
- De A. F. Davis en 09-16-22
De: Jenny Schuetz
-
The Money Deception - What Banks & Governments Don't Want You to Know
- Money Power, Banking Rules & Secrets Exposed. The Money Education & Makeover Guide.
- De: Thomas Herold
- Narrado por: Ken Strecker
- Duración: 8 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 131
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 121
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 121
This audiobook unveils more than 20 secret methods used by banks, governments, and corporations to legally steal 90 percent of your income. Brilliantly authored and astoundingly easy to understand, this audiobook is an eye-popping exposure of the most sophisticated fraud in the history of mankind.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Five Stars
- De Anthony Daniel en 07-04-19
De: Thomas Herold
-
The Divide
- Global Inequality from Conquest to Free Markets
- De: Jason Hickel
- Narrado por: Jonathan Cowley
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 199
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 167
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 164
Sixty percent of humanity - some four-point-three billion people - live in debilitating poverty. The standard development narrative suggests that alleviating poverty in poor countries is a matter of getting the internal policies right, combined with aid from rich countries. But anthropologist Jason Hickel argues that this approach misses the broader political forces at play. Global poverty - and the growing divide between "developing" and "developed" countries - has to do with how the global economy has been designed over the course of 500 years. Global inequality doesn't just exist; it has been created.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
eye-opening
- De Dumuzi-apsu en 03-05-19
De: Jason Hickel
-
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism
- Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class
- De: John Hope Bryant
- Narrado por: J. D. Jackson
- Duración: 4 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 135
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 112
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 110
This audiobook has a simple message for business leaders: your primary goal must be to serve and raise the poor. The poor need to enter the economic system to buy products, put money in banks, and move into the middle class. This is the only approach that can possibly save the American Dream. John Hope Bryant, successful self-made businessman and founder of the nonprofit Operation HOPE, says business and political leaders are ignoring the one force that could truly re-energize the stalled American economy: the poor.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Simply a MUST read!
- De Kevin E Crittendon en 11-05-16
De: John Hope Bryant
-
Race for Profit
- How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership
- De: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
- Narrado por: Janina Edwards
- Duración: 12 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 102
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 82
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 81
Race for Profit uncovers how exploitative real estate practices continued well after housing discrimination was banned. The same racist structures and individuals remained intact after redlining's end, and close relationships between regulators and the industry created incentives to ignore improprieties. Meanwhile, new policies meant to encourage low-income homeownership created new methods to exploit Black homeowners.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Race for Profit
- De Hewti en 12-03-20
-
The Third Pillar
- How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind
- De: Raghuram Rajan
- Narrado por: Jason Culp, Raghuram Rajan
- Duración: 19 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 149
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 121
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 120
From one of the most important economic thinkers of our time, a brilliant and far-seeing analysis of the current populist backlash against globalization.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Unrealistic, insipid
- De Amaze en 05-17-19
De: Raghuram Rajan
-
The Housing Boom and Bust
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 4 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,233
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 919
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 918
There was no single, dramatic event that set the current financial crisis off. A whole series of very questionable decisions by many people, in many places, over a period of years, built up the pressures that led to a sudden collapse of the housing market and of financial institutions that began to fall like dominoes as a result of investing in securities based on housing prices. This book is designed to unravel the tangled threads of that story.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Inciteful Non partisan blame
- De Adolphe en 08-04-09
De: Thomas Sowell
-
The Great Divide
- Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them
- De: Joseph E. Stiglitz
- Narrado por: Kevin Pariseau
- Duración: 14 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 111
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 104
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 99
In The Great Divide, Joseph E. Stiglitz expands on the diagnosis he offered in his best-selling book The Price of Inequality and suggests ways to counter America's growing problem. With his signature blend of clarity and passion, Stiglitz argues that inequality is a choice - the cumulative result of unjust policies and misguided priorities.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Disappointing
- De A. Hill en 11-25-15
-
The Instant Economist
- Everything You Need to Know About How the Economy Works
- De: Timothy Taylor
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 9 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 55
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 44
Economics isn't just about numbers: It's about politics, psychology, history, and so much more. We are all economists - when we work, save for the future, invest, pay taxes, and buy our groceries. Yet many of us feel lost when the subject arises. Award-winning professor Timothy Taylor here tackles all the key questions and hot topics of both microeconomics and macroeconomics, so you can understand and discuss economics on a personal, national, and global level.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Timothy Taylor is the best
- De Jake en 02-15-15
De: Timothy Taylor
-
China's Great Wall of Debt
- Shadow Banks, Ghost Cities, Massive Loans, and the End of the Chinese Miracle
- De: Dinny McMahon
- Narrado por: Jamie Jackson
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 263
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 227
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 226
Over the course of a decade spent reporting on the ground in China as a financial journalist, Dinny McMahon gradually came to the conclusion that the widely held belief in China’s inevitable economic ascent is dangerously wrong. Debt, entrenched vested interests, a frenzy of speculation, and an aging population are all pushing China toward an economic reckoning. China’s Great Wall of Debt unravels an incredibly complex and opaque economy, one whose fortunes - for better or worse - will shape the globe like never before.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Several Indispensable Books Listed Bello
- De David en 06-18-18
De: Dinny McMahon
-
Positive Populism
- Revolutionary Ideas to Rebuild Economic Security, Family, and Community in America
- De: Steve Hilton
- Narrado por: Steve Hilton
- Duración: 6 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Fox News host and former government insider Steve Hilton shows how populism can be a positive force for improving lives, with revolutionary ideas to restore the economic security that working Americans once took for granted and rebuild the ties of family, community, and nation that have been ripped apart by decades of policies that favored big government, big business, and the powerful.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Steve Hilton I want a refund!
- De fittiger en 07-05-19
De: Steve Hilton
-
Can't Pay, Won't Pay
- The Case for Economic Disobedience and Debt Abolition
- De: The Debt Collective, Astra Taylor - foreword
- Narrado por: Nancy Peterson
- Duración: 4 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 56
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 50
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50
Debtors have been mocked, scolded, and lied to for decades. We have been told that it is perfectly normal to go into debt to get medical care, to go to school, or even to pay for our own incarceration. We’ve been told there is no way to change an economy that pushes the majority into debt while a small minority hoard wealth and power. The coronavirus pandemic has revealed that mass indebtedness and extreme inequality are a political choice. In the early days of the crisis, elected officials drew up plans to spend trillions of dollars. The only question was: who would benefit?
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Recommended Readings
- De Kyle Ramirez en 01-25-21
De: The Debt Collective, y otros
-
Aftershock
- The Next Economy and America’s Future
- De: Robert B. Reich
- Narrado por: Robert Reich
- Duración: 4 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 643
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 425
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 426
The author of 12 acclaimed books, Robert B. Reich is a Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and has served in three national administrations. While many blamed Wall Street for the financial meltdown, Aftershock points a finger at a national economy in which wealth is increasingly concentrated at the top - and where a grasping middle class simply does not have the resources to remain viable.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Very plausible assessment of our economy
- De CAR TOP CAMPER en 10-06-10
De: Robert B. Reich
-
Fault Lines
- How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World's Economy
- De: Raghuram Rajan
- Narrado por: Richard Davidson
- Duración: 12 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 147
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 79
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 82
Raghuram Rajan was one of the few economists who warned of the global financial crisis before it hit. Now, as the world struggles to recover, it's tempting to blame what happened on just a few greedy bankers who took irrational risks and left the rest of us to foot the bill. In Fault Lines, Rajan argues that serious flaws in the economy are also to blame, and warns that a potentially more devastating crisis awaits us if they aren't fixed.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
A REAL SNOOZER
- De Frank en 12-02-10
De: Raghuram Rajan
-
Life Inc.
- How Corporatism Conquered the World, and How We Can Take It Back
- De: Douglas Rushkoff
- Narrado por: Douglas Rushkoff
- Duración: 11 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 128
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
In Life Inc., award-winning writer, documentary filmmaker, and scholar Douglas Rushkoff traces how corporations went from being convenient legal fictions to being the dominant fact of contemporary life. Indeed, as Rushkoff shows, most Americans have so willingly adopted the values of corporations that they’re no longer even aware of it.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
He whines about everything
- De Mark en 06-26-09
De: Douglas Rushkoff
-
How Are You Going to Pay for That?
- Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics
- De: Ryan Cooper
- Narrado por: Ryan Cooper
- Duración: 8 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
How Are You Going to Pay for That? is filled with engaging discussions and detailed strategies that policymakers and citizens alike can use to assail even the most entrenched lines of neoliberal logic and start to undo these long-held misconceptions. Equal parts economic theory, history, and political polemic, this is an essential roadmap for winning the key battles to come.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Yay, Taxes!!!
- De Luvelway en 02-19-24
De: Ryan Cooper
Resumen del Editor
The book that has been waiting to be written—how Ireland’s housing policy has locked an entire generation out of the housing market and what we should do about it.....
Millennials are the first generation in Ireland to be worse off than their parents. Trapped in a game of rental roulette, stuck living at home as adults, and many on the brink of homelessness, the Irish housing crisis has defined the lives of an entire generation—and it is set to continue.
With housing costs in Ireland the highest in the EU, the property ladder has been kicked from under thousands. So how did we get here…and how do we break the cycle?
In Gaffs, housing expert Rory Hearne urges us to think about the people behind the statistics, and shows us that there is a way towards a future where everyone has access to a home.
Related to this topic
-
The Instant Economist
- Everything You Need to Know About How the Economy Works
- De: Timothy Taylor
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 9 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 55
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 44
Economics isn't just about numbers: It's about politics, psychology, history, and so much more. We are all economists - when we work, save for the future, invest, pay taxes, and buy our groceries. Yet many of us feel lost when the subject arises. Award-winning professor Timothy Taylor here tackles all the key questions and hot topics of both microeconomics and macroeconomics, so you can understand and discuss economics on a personal, national, and global level.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Timothy Taylor is the best
- De Jake en 02-15-15
De: Timothy Taylor
-
Aftershock
- The Next Economy and America’s Future
- De: Robert B. Reich
- Narrado por: Robert Reich
- Duración: 4 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 643
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 425
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 426
The author of 12 acclaimed books, Robert B. Reich is a Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and has served in three national administrations. While many blamed Wall Street for the financial meltdown, Aftershock points a finger at a national economy in which wealth is increasingly concentrated at the top - and where a grasping middle class simply does not have the resources to remain viable.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Very plausible assessment of our economy
- De CAR TOP CAMPER en 10-06-10
De: Robert B. Reich
-
Fault Lines
- How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World's Economy
- De: Raghuram Rajan
- Narrado por: Richard Davidson
- Duración: 12 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 147
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 79
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 82
Raghuram Rajan was one of the few economists who warned of the global financial crisis before it hit. Now, as the world struggles to recover, it's tempting to blame what happened on just a few greedy bankers who took irrational risks and left the rest of us to foot the bill. In Fault Lines, Rajan argues that serious flaws in the economy are also to blame, and warns that a potentially more devastating crisis awaits us if they aren't fixed.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
A REAL SNOOZER
- De Frank en 12-02-10
De: Raghuram Rajan
-
How Are You Going to Pay for That?
- Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics
- De: Ryan Cooper
- Narrado por: Ryan Cooper
- Duración: 8 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
How Are You Going to Pay for That? is filled with engaging discussions and detailed strategies that policymakers and citizens alike can use to assail even the most entrenched lines of neoliberal logic and start to undo these long-held misconceptions. Equal parts economic theory, history, and political polemic, this is an essential roadmap for winning the key battles to come.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Yay, Taxes!!!
- De Luvelway en 02-19-24
De: Ryan Cooper
-
Red Flags
- Why Xi's China Is in Jeopardy
- De: George Magnus
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 587
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 488
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 485
Over the past four decades, China's remarkable transformation has garnered admiration but also sparked concern. George Magnus draws on his intimate knowledge of this dynamic nation to uncover the origins of its ascent and show why the economic traps it faces at home and the political challenges it faces abroad pose a serious threat to its continued rise.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
A pessimistic vision with western liberal bias
- De Jeronimo L. Jimenez en 10-23-20
De: George Magnus
-
How the Other Half Banks
- Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy
- De: Mehrsa Baradaran
- Narrado por: Priya Ayyar
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 282
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 248
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 243
The United States has two separate banking systems today - one serving the well-to-do and another exploiting everyone else. How the Other Half Banks contributes to the growing conversation on American inequality by highlighting one of its prime causes: unequal credit. Mehrsa Baradaran examines how a significant portion of the population, deserted by banks, is forced to wander through a Wild West of payday lenders and check-cashing services to cover emergency expenses and pay for necessities - all thanks to deregulation that began in the 1970s.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
The Borrowers at the Fringe
- De Darwin8u en 09-13-16
De: Mehrsa Baradaran
-
The Instant Economist
- Everything You Need to Know About How the Economy Works
- De: Timothy Taylor
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 9 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 55
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 44
Economics isn't just about numbers: It's about politics, psychology, history, and so much more. We are all economists - when we work, save for the future, invest, pay taxes, and buy our groceries. Yet many of us feel lost when the subject arises. Award-winning professor Timothy Taylor here tackles all the key questions and hot topics of both microeconomics and macroeconomics, so you can understand and discuss economics on a personal, national, and global level.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Timothy Taylor is the best
- De Jake en 02-15-15
De: Timothy Taylor
-
Aftershock
- The Next Economy and America’s Future
- De: Robert B. Reich
- Narrado por: Robert Reich
- Duración: 4 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 643
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 425
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 426
The author of 12 acclaimed books, Robert B. Reich is a Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and has served in three national administrations. While many blamed Wall Street for the financial meltdown, Aftershock points a finger at a national economy in which wealth is increasingly concentrated at the top - and where a grasping middle class simply does not have the resources to remain viable.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Very plausible assessment of our economy
- De CAR TOP CAMPER en 10-06-10
De: Robert B. Reich
-
Fault Lines
- How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World's Economy
- De: Raghuram Rajan
- Narrado por: Richard Davidson
- Duración: 12 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 147
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 79
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 82
Raghuram Rajan was one of the few economists who warned of the global financial crisis before it hit. Now, as the world struggles to recover, it's tempting to blame what happened on just a few greedy bankers who took irrational risks and left the rest of us to foot the bill. In Fault Lines, Rajan argues that serious flaws in the economy are also to blame, and warns that a potentially more devastating crisis awaits us if they aren't fixed.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
A REAL SNOOZER
- De Frank en 12-02-10
De: Raghuram Rajan
-
How Are You Going to Pay for That?
- Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics
- De: Ryan Cooper
- Narrado por: Ryan Cooper
- Duración: 8 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
How Are You Going to Pay for That? is filled with engaging discussions and detailed strategies that policymakers and citizens alike can use to assail even the most entrenched lines of neoliberal logic and start to undo these long-held misconceptions. Equal parts economic theory, history, and political polemic, this is an essential roadmap for winning the key battles to come.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Yay, Taxes!!!
- De Luvelway en 02-19-24
De: Ryan Cooper
-
Red Flags
- Why Xi's China Is in Jeopardy
- De: George Magnus
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 587
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 488
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 485
Over the past four decades, China's remarkable transformation has garnered admiration but also sparked concern. George Magnus draws on his intimate knowledge of this dynamic nation to uncover the origins of its ascent and show why the economic traps it faces at home and the political challenges it faces abroad pose a serious threat to its continued rise.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
A pessimistic vision with western liberal bias
- De Jeronimo L. Jimenez en 10-23-20
De: George Magnus
-
How the Other Half Banks
- Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy
- De: Mehrsa Baradaran
- Narrado por: Priya Ayyar
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 282
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 248
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 243
The United States has two separate banking systems today - one serving the well-to-do and another exploiting everyone else. How the Other Half Banks contributes to the growing conversation on American inequality by highlighting one of its prime causes: unequal credit. Mehrsa Baradaran examines how a significant portion of the population, deserted by banks, is forced to wander through a Wild West of payday lenders and check-cashing services to cover emergency expenses and pay for necessities - all thanks to deregulation that began in the 1970s.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
The Borrowers at the Fringe
- De Darwin8u en 09-13-16
De: Mehrsa Baradaran
-
Radical Markets
- Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society
- De: Eric A. Posner, E. Glen Weyl
- Narrado por: James Conlan
- Duración: 9 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 269
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 220
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 222
Many blame today's economic inequality, stagnation, and political instability on the free market. The solution is to rein in the market, right? Radical Markets turns this thinking - and pretty much all conventional thinking about markets, both for and against - on its head. The book reveals bold new ways to organize markets for the good of everyone.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Terrible Reader ruins this book
- De Brian W. Veit en 10-30-18
De: Eric A. Posner, y otros
-
Dead Aid
- Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
- De: Dambisa Moyo, Niall Ferguson - foreword
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 6 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 128
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 109
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 108
A national best-seller, Dead Aid unflinchingly confronts one of the greatest myths of our time: that billions of dollars in aid sent from wealthy countries to developing African nations has helped to reduce poverty and increase growth. In fact, poverty levels continue to escalate and growth rates have steadily declined - and millions continue to suffer. Debunking the current model of international aid promoted by both Hollywood celebrities and policy makers, Dambisa Moyo offers a bold new road map for financing the development of the world's poorest countries.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Excellent work
- De Anthony Nana Kwamu en 04-13-21
De: Dambisa Moyo, y otros
-
How to Kill a City
- Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood
- De: Peter Moskowitz
- Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins
- Duración: 9 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 258
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 227
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 223
The term gentrification has become a buzzword to describe the changes in urban neighborhoods across the country, but we don't realize just how threatening it is. It means more than the arrival of trendy shops, much-maligned hipsters, and expensive lattes. The very future of American cities as vibrant, equitable spaces hangs in the balance. How to Kill a City takes listeners from the kitchen tables of hurting families who can no longer afford their homes to the corporate boardrooms and political backrooms where destructive housing policies are devised.
-
2 out of 5 stars
-
Unproductive criticism.
- De Aaron Rogers en 06-01-18
De: Peter Moskowitz
-
The Great Reset
- How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity
- De: Richard Florida
- Narrado por: Eric Conger
- Duración: 6 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 130
-
Narración:4 out of 5 stars 80
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 78
We tend to view prolonged economic downturns, such as the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Long Depression of the late 19th century, in terms of the crisis and pain they cause. But history teaches us that these great crises also represent opportunities to remake our economy and society and to generate whole new eras of economic growth and prosperity.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
glorification of City Life
- De Ryan Riggs en 11-25-20
De: Richard Florida
-
American Dreams
- Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone
- De: Marco Rubio
- Narrado por: Ricardo Suri
- Duración: 6 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 63
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 59
Marco Rubio's parents came to the United States in 1956. The country they found was truly a land of opportunity, where hardworking people with grade school educations could afford a home, a car, and college for their kids. A country where maids and bartenders could raise doctors, lawyers, small-business owners, and maybe even a US senator. That was the American Dream - our country's central promise to its people.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Comprehensive and compelling path for renewal.
- De gary en 06-03-15
De: Marco Rubio
-
The Age of Oversupply
- Overcoming the Greatest Challenge to the Global Economy
- De: Daniel Alpert
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 10 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 40
The governments and central banks of the developed world have tried every policy tool imaginable, yet our economies remain sluggish, or worse. How did we get here, and how can we emerge from the longest downturn in recent memory? Daniel Alpert, a progressive Wall Street banker and economist, argues that we are living in the age of oversupply.
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Great book but now out of date
- De emory morsberger en 11-30-17
De: Daniel Alpert
-
Third World America
- How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream
- De: Arianna Huffington
- Narrado por: Coleen Marlo
- Duración: 6 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 128
-
Narración:4 out of 5 stars 68
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 68
America's middle class, the driver of so much of our economic success and political stability, is rapidly disappearing, forcing us to confront the fear that we are slipping as a nation - that our children and grandchildren will enjoy fewer opportunities and face a lower standard of living than we did. It's the dark flipside of the American Dream - an American Nightmare of our own making.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Sad... but with a ray of hope
- De Maciej en 10-20-10
-
Race for Profit
- How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership
- De: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
- Narrado por: Janina Edwards
- Duración: 12 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
-
General5 out of 5 stars 102
-
Narración:5 out of 5 stars 82
-
Historia5 out of 5 stars 81
Race for Profit uncovers how exploitative real estate practices continued well after housing discrimination was banned. The same racist structures and individuals remained intact after redlining's end, and close relationships between regulators and the industry created incentives to ignore improprieties. Meanwhile, new policies meant to encourage low-income homeownership created new methods to exploit Black homeowners.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Race for Profit
- De Hewti en 12-03-20
-
Free to Choose
- A Personal Statement
- De: Milton Friedman, Rose Friedman
- Narrado por: James Adams
- Duración: 12 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,751
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,300
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,295
Milton Friedman and his wife, Rose, teamed up to write this most convincing and readable guide, which illustrates the crucial link between Adam Smith's capitalism and the free society. They show how freedom has been eroded and prosperity undermined through the rapid growth of governmental agencies, laws, and regulations.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Fantastic
- De Erik en 01-21-08
De: Milton Friedman, y otros
-
An Extraordinary Time
- The End of the Postwar Boom and the Return of the Ordinary Economy
- De: Marc Levinson
- Narrado por: James Foster
- Duración: 10 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 55
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50
A sweeping reappraisal of the last sixty years of world history, An Extraordinary Time describes how the postwar economic boom dissipated, undermining faith in government, destabilizing the global financial system, and forcing us to come to terms with how tumultuous our economy really is.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Good review of crucial turning point in history
- De Philo en 11-22-16
De: Marc Levinson
-
The Impulse Society
- America in the Age of Instant Gratification
- De: Paul Roberts
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 9 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
-
General4 out of 5 stars 65
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 54
-
Historia4 out of 5 stars 54
Paul Robert digs down to the economic roots of the problem, shows how it has metastisized to affect every facet of our lives and our ability to navigate the future. In clear, cogent prose that mixes illuminating analysis and vibrant reporting, Roberts not only tells the fascinating story of how the impulse society came to be, but shows how, perhaps, a healthier society may still be possible.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
A Must-Listen for Millenials
- De Doug - Audible en 03-31-15
De: Paul Roberts
-
Globalization and Its Discontents
- De: Joseph E. Stiglitz
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 10 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
-
General4.5 out of 5 stars 93
-
Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 77
-
Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 78
This powerful, unsettling book gives us a rare glimpse behind the closed doors of global financial institutions by the winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics. When it was first published, this national best-seller quickly became a touchstone in the globalization debate. Renowned economist and Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz had a ringside seat for most of the major economic events of the last decade, including stints as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and chief economist at the World Bank.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Plea
- De Asma en 10-13-20