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The Communist Manifesto
- By: Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong, Roy McMillan
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
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Without question one of the most significant books in modern history, The Communist Manifesto is a brief, populist pamphlet....
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The Charter of Modern Day Society
- By Anonymous User on 18-09-2020
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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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Finally
- By Amazon Customer on 05-03-2019
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Basic Economics, Fifth Edition
- A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 28 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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In this fifth edition of Basic Economics, Thomas Sowell revises and updates his popular book on commonsense economics, bringing the world into clearer focus through a basic understanding of the fundamental economic principles and how they explain our lives....
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Unsuitable audio quality.
- By Toan Ngo on 25-02-2024
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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
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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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Required reading
- By Brett on 07-05-2017
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Principles of Economics
- By: Saifedean Ammous
- Narrated by: Saifedean Ammous
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Principles of Economics is a university-level textbook in economics that offers a clear and concise exploration of the most important economic concepts....
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Capital: Volume 1
- A Critique of Political Economy
- By: Karl Marx, Samuel Moore - translation, Edward Aveling - translation
- Narrated by: Derek Le Page
- Length: 43 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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It can be said of very few books that the world was changed as a result of its publication - but this is certainly the case of Capital: A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx....
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Decent performance, horrible text.
- By Dean on 26-12-2022
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The Communist Manifesto
- By: Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong, Roy McMillan
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
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Without question one of the most significant books in modern history, The Communist Manifesto is a brief, populist pamphlet....
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The Charter of Modern Day Society
- By Anonymous User on 18-09-2020
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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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Finally
- By Amazon Customer on 05-03-2019
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Basic Economics, Fifth Edition
- A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 28 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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In this fifth edition of Basic Economics, Thomas Sowell revises and updates his popular book on commonsense economics, bringing the world into clearer focus through a basic understanding of the fundamental economic principles and how they explain our lives....
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Unsuitable audio quality.
- By Toan Ngo on 25-02-2024
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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
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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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Required reading
- By Brett on 07-05-2017
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Principles of Economics
- By: Saifedean Ammous
- Narrated by: Saifedean Ammous
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Principles of Economics is a university-level textbook in economics that offers a clear and concise exploration of the most important economic concepts....
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Capital: Volume 1
- A Critique of Political Economy
- By: Karl Marx, Samuel Moore - translation, Edward Aveling - translation
- Narrated by: Derek Le Page
- Length: 43 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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It can be said of very few books that the world was changed as a result of its publication - but this is certainly the case of Capital: A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx....
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Decent performance, horrible text.
- By Dean on 26-12-2022
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Economics in Two Lessons
- Why Markets Work so Well, and Why They Can Fail so Badly
- By: John Quiggin
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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A masterful introduction to the key ideas behind the successes - and failures - of free-market economics....
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One Eyed Economist
- By Bradley on 12-12-2023
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Milton Friedman
- A Guide to His Economic Thought
- By: Eamonn Butler
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the great economists of the 20th century, Milton Friedman has always challenged the prevailing economic orthodoxy....
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Competitive Strategy
- Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors
- By: Michael E. Porter
- Narrated by: Scott R. Pollak
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
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Now nearing its 60th printing in English and translated into 19 languages, Michael E. Porter's Competitive Strategy has transformed the theory, practice, and teaching of business strategy throughout the world....
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Audio pausing every 10-15 seconds. Very annoying
- By AC on 18-10-2020
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The Economic Consequences of the Peace
- By: John Maynard Keynes
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) was one of the most important documents to come out of World War I - specifically the period of the Armistice and the subsequent settlement negotiations. And, a century on, it remains of particular relevance to our times....
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Interesting read!
- By Hayden M on 17-12-2022
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The Fatal Conceit
- The Errors of Socialism
- By: F. A. Hayek
- Narrated by: Everett Sherman
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Hayek gives the main arguments for the free-market case and presents his manifesto on the "errors of socialism"....
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Must read
- By Sitiveni on 27-11-2019
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How to Think Like an Economist: Great Economists Who Shaped the World and What They Can Teach Us
- How to Think
- By: Robbie Mochrie
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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We live in the economy – and we are part of it. Living through a pandemic, governments had to work out how to put economies into a deep freeze without destroying them. Avoiding climate catastrophe means changing economies so that they don’t bake the world.
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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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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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Worth the read!
- By Anonymous User on 30-05-2020
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Second Class
- How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women
- By: Batya Ungar-Sargon
- Narrated by: Batya Ungar-Sargon
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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In Second Class, working-class Americans of all races, political orientations, and occupations share their stories—cleaning ladies, health care aides, cops, truck drivers, fast food workers, electricians, and more.
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The Affluent Society
- By: John Kenneth Galbraith
- Narrated by: Marc Cashman
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
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Galbraith cuts to the heart of what economic security means (and doesn't mean) in today's world, and lays bare the hazards of complacence about economic inequity....
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almost perfect, outdated vocab
- By Amazon Customer on 27-08-2022
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What Works
- Gender Equality by Design
- By: Iris Bohnet
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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Gender equality is a moral and a business imperative. But unconscious bias holds us back, and de-biasing people’s minds has proven to be difficult and expensive. Diversity training programs have had limited success, and individual effort alone often invites backlash....
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The Great Rebalancing
- Trade, Conflict, and the Perilous Road Ahead for the World Economy
- By: Michael Pettis
- Narrated by: A.T. Chandler
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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China's economic growth is sputtering, the Euro is under threat, and the United States is combating serious trade disadvantages. Another Great Depression? Not quite....
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Brutally rational and lucid
- By Mars on 12-06-2019
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Business Adventures
- Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street
- By: John Brooks
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins
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From Wall Street to Main Street, John Brooks, longtime contributor to the New Yorker, brings to life in vivid fashion 12 classic and timeless tales of corporate and financial life in America....
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Good stories, very finance-focused
- By Ed on 26-09-2018
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Sacred Economics
- Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
- By: Charles Eisenstein
- Narrated by: Steve Wojtas
- Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity....
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Great concepts
- By Jane Toy on 04-03-2023
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The Thomas Sowell Reader
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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These selections from the many writings of Thomas Sowell over a period of half a century cover social, economic, cultural, legal, educational, and political issues....
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Reasoned argument start to finish.
- By Amazon Customer on 05-08-2020
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The Economics of Inequality
- By: Thomas Piketty, Arthur Goldhammer - translator
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The Economics of Inequality is the ideal place to start for those who want to understand the fundamental issues at the heart of contemporary economics....
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Good but not great
- By Barry Steele on 29-08-2019
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The Theory of Money and Credit
- By: Ludwig von Mises
- Narrated by: Jim Vann
- Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Mises wrote this book for the ages, and it remains the most spirited, thorough, and scientifically rigorous treatise on money ever to appear....
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Progress and Poverty
- The Economic Classic with a New Foreword
- By: Henry George, Ayrton Parham - foreword
- Narrated by: Eli Snuggs
- Length: 17 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Capitalism has blessed the world with wealth and technological miracles. It has also cursed it with urban slums, powerless workers, and the vicious boom-and-bust economy. If only there were some way to fix the problems of capitalism and keep all its benefits....
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Absolutely brilliant
- By Anonymous User on 22-04-2023
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The Model Thinker
- What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You
- By: Scott E. Page
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell
- Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins
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Work with data like a pro using this guide that breaks down how to organize, apply, and most importantly, understand what you are analyzing in order to become a true data ninja....
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The Economics Book
- Big Ideas Simply Explained
- By: DK
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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From Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, to Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes, to the top economic thought leaders of today, The Economics Book is the essential audio reference for students and anyone else with an interest in how economies work....
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An economic history lesson.
- By Jonathan on 25-03-2019
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The Right It
- Why So Many Ideas Fail and How to Make Sure Yours Succeed
- By: Alberto Savoia
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
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The law of market failure: Most new products will fail in the market, even if competently executed....
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Good, But Read the Book Instead
- By Anonymous User on 22-04-2021
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Animal Spirits
- How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism
- By: George A. Akerlof, Robert J. Shiller
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The global financial crisis has made it painfully clear that powerful psychological forces are imperiling the wealth of nations today....
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Competitive Advantage
- Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance
- By: Michael E. Porter
- Narrated by: Scott R. Pollak
- Length: 21 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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The essential complement to the pathbreaking Competitive Strategy, Michael E. Porter's Competitive Advantage explores the underpinnings of competitive advantage in the individual firm. Competitive Advantage introduces a whole new way of understanding what a firm does....
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The Mystery of Banking
- By: Murray N. Rothbard
- Narrated by: Jim Vann
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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Talk about great timing. Rothbard's extraordinary book unravels the mystery of banking: What is legitimate enterprise and what is a government-backed shell game that can't last? Find out....
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Capital: Volume 2
- A Critique of Political Economy
- By: Karl Marx
- Narrated by: Derek Le Page
- Length: 29 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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It was the close friendship and professional association between Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that enabled Marx’s full vision presented in Capital: A Critique of Political Economy to come to fruition....
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The Coming Greater Depression: How to Prepare for the Worst Economic Crisis of All Time.
- Inflation Trades, Book 1
- By: Nate Plissken
- Narrated by: john fiore
- Length: 36 mins
- Unabridged
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The Greater Depression is what is looming ahead of the World and specifically the United States of America. Nate Plissken delves into the causes of the U.S. Dollar Currency Crisis. Citing experts in business and economics, he pulls back the curtain on The Fed.
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Reclaiming Populism
- How Economic Fairness Can Win Back Disenchanted Voters
- By: Eric Protzer, Paul Summerville
- Narrated by: Quentin Cooper
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Populist upheavals like Trump, Brexit, and Marine Le Pen happen when the system really is rigged. Citizens the world over are angry not due to income inequality or immigration, but economic unfairness: the sense that opportunity is not equal and reward is not according to contribution. This forensic book draws on original research, cited by the UN and IMF, to demonstrate that illiberal populism strikes hardest when success is influenced by family origins rather than talent and effort.
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How to Think Like an Economist: Great Economists Who Shaped the World and What They Can Teach Us
- How to Think
- By: Robbie Mochrie
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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In explaining how economic thinking is indispensable to tackling these huge problems, this book is a sure-footed guide, spanning Aristotle’s ideas about restraining consumption, Adam Smith’s thinking about the importance of moral character for sustained economic development, and Esther Duflo’s ongoing work to help the world’s poorest communities lift themselves out of poverty.
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The Road to Freedom
- Economics and the Good Society
- By: Joseph E. Stiglitz
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Despite its manifest failures, the narrative of neoliberalism retains its grip on the public mind and the policies of governments all over the world. By this narrative, less regulation and more ‘animal spirits’ capitalism produces not only greater prosperity, but more freedom for individuals in society - and is therefore morally better. But, in The Road to Freedom Stiglitz asks, whose freedom are we – should we be – thinking about? What happens when one person’s freedom comes at the expense of another’s?
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2024, Cashless Society
- The Role of AI in Shifting Financial Transactions
- By: Daniel K. Osei
- Narrated by: Aminah Young
- Length: 49 mins
- Unabridged
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It is important to reflect on the significant role that artificial intelligence (AI) plays in shaping the future of financial transactions. The transition from paper money to digital money is not just a trend, but a fundamental shift in the way we conduct financial transactions. In 2024, AI is at the forefront of this change, influencing how we interact with money in the digital realm.
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Growth
- A Reckoning
- By: Daniel Susskind
- Narrated by: Daniel Susskind
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Over the past two centuries, economic growth has freed billions from poverty and made our lives far healthier and longer. As a result, the unfettered pursuit of growth defines economic life around the world. Yet this prosperity has come at an enormous price. At this time of uncertainty about growth and its value, award-winning economist Daniel Susskind provides an essential reckoning. In a sweeping analysis full of historical insight, he argues that we cannot abandon growth but shows instead how we must redirect it, making it better reflect what we truly value.
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The Coming Greater Depression: How to Prepare for the Worst Economic Crisis of All Time.
- Inflation Trades, Book 1
- By: Nate Plissken
- Narrated by: john fiore
- Length: 36 mins
- Unabridged
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The Greater Depression is what is looming ahead of the World and specifically the United States of America. Nate Plissken delves into the causes of the U.S. Dollar Currency Crisis. Citing experts in business and economics, he pulls back the curtain on The Fed.
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Reclaiming Populism
- How Economic Fairness Can Win Back Disenchanted Voters
- By: Eric Protzer, Paul Summerville
- Narrated by: Quentin Cooper
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Populist upheavals like Trump, Brexit, and Marine Le Pen happen when the system really is rigged. Citizens the world over are angry not due to income inequality or immigration, but economic unfairness: the sense that opportunity is not equal and reward is not according to contribution. This forensic book draws on original research, cited by the UN and IMF, to demonstrate that illiberal populism strikes hardest when success is influenced by family origins rather than talent and effort.
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How to Think Like an Economist: Great Economists Who Shaped the World and What They Can Teach Us
- How to Think
- By: Robbie Mochrie
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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In explaining how economic thinking is indispensable to tackling these huge problems, this book is a sure-footed guide, spanning Aristotle’s ideas about restraining consumption, Adam Smith’s thinking about the importance of moral character for sustained economic development, and Esther Duflo’s ongoing work to help the world’s poorest communities lift themselves out of poverty.
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The Road to Freedom
- Economics and the Good Society
- By: Joseph E. Stiglitz
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Despite its manifest failures, the narrative of neoliberalism retains its grip on the public mind and the policies of governments all over the world. By this narrative, less regulation and more ‘animal spirits’ capitalism produces not only greater prosperity, but more freedom for individuals in society - and is therefore morally better. But, in The Road to Freedom Stiglitz asks, whose freedom are we – should we be – thinking about? What happens when one person’s freedom comes at the expense of another’s?
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2024, Cashless Society
- The Role of AI in Shifting Financial Transactions
- By: Daniel K. Osei
- Narrated by: Aminah Young
- Length: 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Story
It is important to reflect on the significant role that artificial intelligence (AI) plays in shaping the future of financial transactions. The transition from paper money to digital money is not just a trend, but a fundamental shift in the way we conduct financial transactions. In 2024, AI is at the forefront of this change, influencing how we interact with money in the digital realm.
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Growth
- A Reckoning
- By: Daniel Susskind
- Narrated by: Daniel Susskind
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Over the past two centuries, economic growth has freed billions from poverty and made our lives far healthier and longer. As a result, the unfettered pursuit of growth defines economic life around the world. Yet this prosperity has come at an enormous price. At this time of uncertainty about growth and its value, award-winning economist Daniel Susskind provides an essential reckoning. In a sweeping analysis full of historical insight, he argues that we cannot abandon growth but shows instead how we must redirect it, making it better reflect what we truly value.