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Pivotal Decade
- How the United States Traded Factories for Finance in the Seventies
- By: Judith Stein
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
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In this fascinating new history, Judith Stein argues that in order to understand our current economic crisis we need to look back to the 1970s and the end of the age of the factory - the era of postwar liberalism, created by the New Deal, whose practices, high wages, and regulated capital produced both robust economic growth and greater income equality.
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Pivotal Decade
- How the United States Traded Factories for Finance in the Seventies
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 16-12-2010
- Language: English
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A Disposition to Be Rich
- By: Geoffrey C. Ward
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
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The son of a Protestant missionary and small-town pastor with secrets of his own to keep, Ferdinand Ward came to New York at 21 and in less than a decade made himself the business partner of a former president of the United States and was widely hailed as the "Young Napoleon of Finance". In truth, he turned out to be a complete fraud, his entire life marked by dishonesty, cowardice, and contempt for anything but his own interests. This is a great story about a classic American con artist, told with boundless charm and dry wit by one of our finest historians.
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A Disposition to Be Rich
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 07-05-2012
- Language: English
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The Soul of Capitalism
- Opening Paths to a Moral Economy
- By: William Greider
- Narrated by: Peter Johnson
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
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The Soul of Capitalism examines how the greatest wealth-creation engine in the history of the world is failing most of us, why it must be changed, and how intrepid pioneers are beginning to transform it. Best-selling author William Greider analyzes how our relentless pursuit of unprecedented affluence has eroded family life, eaten away at our sense of personal and professional security, corroded our communities, impoverished our spiritual lives, and devastated our natural environment.
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The Soul of Capitalism
- Opening Paths to a Moral Economy
- Narrated by: Peter Johnson
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 04-12-2003
- Language: English
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The Politics of Inequality
- A Political History of the Idea of Economic Inequality in America
- By: Michael J. Thompson
- Narrated by: David Stampone
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
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Since the early days of the American republic, political thinkers have maintained that a grossly unequal division of property, wealth, and power would lead to the erosion of democratic life. Yet over the past thirty-five years, neoconservatives and neoliberals alike have redrawn the tenets of American liberalism. Nowhere is this more evident than in our current mainstream political discourse, in which the politics of economic inequality are rarely discussed.
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The Politics of Inequality
- A Political History of the Idea of Economic Inequality in America
- Narrated by: David Stampone
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 23-07-2009
- Language: English
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Reckless Endangerment
- How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon
- By: Gretchen Morgenson, Joshua Rosner
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
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In Reckless Endangerment, Gretchen Morgenson, the star business columnist of The New York Times, exposes how the watchdogs who were supposed to protect the country from financial harm were actually complicit in the actions that finally blew up the American economy.
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Reckless Endangerment
- How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 07-10-2011
- Language: English
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Henry J. Kaiser
- First in War, First in Peace
- By: Daniel Alef
- Narrated by: Baron Ron Herron
- Length: 11 mins
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Here's a biographical profile of Henry J. Kaiser, a great industrialist and philanthropist who had a profound impact on America's ability to prevail in World War II. People tend to regard the great American titans of the past as robber barons, men who made their fortunes off the backs of the oppressed, flaunting laws and living like nabobs while others had to scratch for a living.
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Henry J. Kaiser
- First in War, First in Peace
- Narrated by: Baron Ron Herron
- Length: 11 mins
- Release date: 04-02-2009
- Language: English
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America's First Great Depression
- Economic Crisis and Political Disorder After the Panic of 1837
- By: Alasdair Roberts
- Narrated by: Kevin Young
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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For a while, it seemed impossible to lose money on real estate. But then the bubble burst. The financial sector was paralyzed and the economy contracted. State and federal governments struggled to pay their domestic and foreign creditors. Washington was incapable of decisive action. The country seethed with political and social unrest. In America's First Great Depression, Alasdair Roberts describes how the United States dealt with the economic and political crisis that followed the Panic of 1837.
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America's First Great Depression
- Economic Crisis and Political Disorder After the Panic of 1837
- Narrated by: Kevin Young
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 06-06-2013
- Language: English
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Shock of Gray
- The Aging of the World's Population and How It Pits Young Against Old, Child Against Parent, Worker Against Boss
- By: Ted C. Fishman
- Narrated by: Kerin McCue
- Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
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New York Times best-selling author Ted C. Fishman reveals the stunning challenges of a world awash with seasoned citizens. By 2030, those over 50 will outnumber people under 17 for the first time in history. Fishman explores the resulting impact on families, businesses, nations, and medical care.
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Shock of Gray
- The Aging of the World's Population and How It Pits Young Against Old, Child Against Parent, Worker Against Boss
- Narrated by: Kerin McCue
- Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 24-01-2011
- Language: English
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The Payoff
- Why Wall Street Always Wins
- By: Jeff Connaughton
- Narrated by: Jeff Connaughton
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
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Beginning in January 2009, The Payoff lays bare Washington’s culture of power and plutocracy. It’s the story of the 20-month struggle by Senator Ted Kaufman and Jeff Connaughton, his chief of staff, to hold Wall Street executives accountable for securities fraud, stop stock manipulation by high-frequency traders, and break up too-big-to-fail megabanks. This book takes us inside their dogged crusade against institutional inertia and industry influence as they encounter an outright reluctance.
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The Payoff
- Why Wall Street Always Wins
- Narrated by: Jeff Connaughton
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 18-01-2013
- Language: English
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Planet India
- How the Fastest Growing Democracy Is Transforming America and the World
- By: Mira Kamdar
- Narrated by: Shelly Frasier
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
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With in-depth research, interviews, and provocative analysis, Mira Kamdar offers a penetrating view of India and its cultural and economic impact on the United States and the world. From Bollywood to the Indian diaspora to India's effect on global politics, she reports on the people, companies, and places shaping the new India. Kamdar examines the challenges India faces while celebrating India's tremendous vitality and the opportunities this Asian democracy has to shape its own and all of our destinies.
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Planet India
- How the Fastest Growing Democracy Is Transforming America and the World
- Narrated by: Shelly Frasier
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 21-02-2007
- Language: English
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Senseless Panic
- How Washington Failed America
- By: William M. Isaac
- Narrated by: Mark F. Smith
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
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The 1980s opened with the prime interest rate at an astonishing 21.5 percent, leading to a severe recession with unemployment reaching nearly 11 percent. Depression-like conditions befell the agricultural sector, a bubble burst in the energy sector, a rolling real estate recession swept the country, the entire thrift industry was badly insolvent and the major money center banks were loaded with third world debt.
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Senseless Panic
- How Washington Failed America
- Narrated by: Mark F. Smith
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 23-12-2011
- Language: English
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From Here to Economy
- A Shortcut to Economic Literacy
- By: Todd G. Buchholz
- Narrated by: Christopher Kipiniak
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
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What is the GDP, and what does it mean? Why does the stock market go down when interest rates go up? What causes a dreaded recession? Economics impacts everyone's life, but most people take on faith what they read in the newspaper. Now, for anyone who doesn't know much about economics, noted economist Todd Buchholz explains it all simply and clearly. With refreshing wit and irreverence, Buchholz takes listeners by the hand and reveals the basic rules behind everything from food prices to trade deficits.
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From Here to Economy
- A Shortcut to Economic Literacy
- Narrated by: Christopher Kipiniak
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 03-09-2013
- Language: English
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Dumb Money
- How Our Greatest Financial Minds Bankrupted the Nation
- By: Daniel Gross
- Narrated by: Jesse Boggs
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
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In this up to the minute account of the current financial crisis, Dan Gross goes step by step through the timeline leading up to the October 2008 bail-out and explains what exactly happened. Using information and statistics only weeks old, he offers a thorough and enlightening analysis of where we all go from here.
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Dumb Money
- How Our Greatest Financial Minds Bankrupted the Nation
- Narrated by: Jesse Boggs
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 23-02-2009
- Language: English
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Juggernaut
- Why the System Crushes the Only People Who Can Save It
- By: Eric Robert Morse
- Narrated by: Fred Filbrich
- Length: 19 hrs and 23 mins
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In this stunning new story of political economy, author Eric Robert Morse examines why the modern system has become so unwieldy and explains what must be done to correct it. His astute analysis and fascinating storytelling take readers on an epic journey, from the dawn of free-market capitalism during the age of exploration, through the industrial revolution and Adam Smith, to the rise of Keynesianism and the dominance of the welfare state....
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Juggernaut
- Why the System Crushes the Only People Who Can Save It
- Narrated by: Fred Filbrich
- Length: 19 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 10-05-2013
- Language: English
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Storia economica della felicità
- By: Emanuele Felice
- Narrated by: Gigio D'Ambrosio
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
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C'è una relazione fra sviluppo economico e felicità? Nella storia umana, dalla comparsa dei primi ominidi fino ai nostri giorni, si succedono tre grandi rivoluzioni, economiche e culturali al tempo stesso, che cambiano il nostro modo di produrre, di pensare, di vivere. E anche la visione della felicità.
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Storia economica della felicità
- Narrated by: Gigio D'Ambrosio
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 22-02-2022
- Language: Italian
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Muerte y vida de las grandes ciudades [Death and Life of the Big Cities]
- By: Jane Jacobs
- Narrated by: Karla Hernandez
- Length: 20 hrs and 6 mins
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Cincuenta años después de su publicación, Muerte y vida de las grandes ciudades es, según el New York Times, «probablemente la obra más influyente en la historia de la planificación urbana». Jane Jacobs, columnista y crítica de arquitectura en Nueva York de principios de los años sesenta, afirmaba que la diversidad y la vitalidad de las ciudades estaban siendo destruidas por algunos arquitectos y urbanistas muy influyentes.
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Muerte y vida de las grandes ciudades [Death and Life of the Big Cities]
- Narrated by: Karla Hernandez
- Length: 20 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 22-10-2019
- Language: Spanish
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Beggar Thy Neighbor
- A History of Usury and Debt
- By: Charles R. Geisst
- Narrated by: Maxwell Zener
- Length: 17 hrs and 59 mins
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The practice of charging interest on loans has been controversial since it was first mentioned in early recorded history. Lending is a powerful economic tool, vital to the development of society but it can also lead to disaster if left unregulated. Prohibitions against excessive interest, or usury, have been found in almost all societies since antiquity. Whether loans were made in kind or in cash, creditors often were accused of beggar-thy-neighbor exploitation when their lending terms put borrowers at risk of ruin.
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Beggar Thy Neighbor
- A History of Usury and Debt
- Narrated by: Maxwell Zener
- Length: 17 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 30-08-2019
- Language: English
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In Essentials, Unity
- An Economic History of the Grange Movement (New Approaches to Midwestern History)
- By: Jenny Bourne
- Narrated by: Pamela Wolken
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
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The Patrons of Husbandry - or the Grange - is the longest-lived US agricultural society and, since its founding shortly after the Civil War, has had immeasurable influence on social change as enacted by ordinary Americans. The Grange sought to relieve the struggles of small farmers by encouraging collaboration. Pathbreaking for its inclusion of women, the Grange is also well known for its association with Gilded Age laws aimed at curbing the monopoly power of railroads.
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In Essentials, Unity
- An Economic History of the Grange Movement (New Approaches to Midwestern History)
- Narrated by: Pamela Wolken
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 03-08-2019
- Language: English
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Masterless Men
- Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South
- By: Keri Leigh Merritt
- Narrated by: Keri Leigh Merritt
- Length: 17 hrs and 32 mins
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With the rising global demand for cotton - and thus, slaves - in the 1840s and 1850s, the need for white laborers in the American South was drastically reduced, creating a large underclass who were unemployed or underemployed. These poor whites could not compete - for jobs or living wages - with profitable slave labor. Though impoverished whites were never subjected to the daily violence and degrading humiliations of racial slavery, they did suffer tangible socioeconomic consequences as a result of living in a slave society.
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Masterless Men
- Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South
- Narrated by: Keri Leigh Merritt
- Length: 17 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 12-04-2019
- Language: English
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Summary of Michael Lewis’s The Big Short by Swift Reads
- By: Swift Reads
- Narrated by: Richard Webb
- Length: 27 mins
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In The Big Short (2010), journalist Michael Lewis traces the stories of a handful of misfit investors who predicted the 2008 financial crisis. In the parlance of Wall Street, to “short” something is to bet against an investment or company through the purchase of a complex high-finance product.... (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. If you’re looking for the original book, it is available from Amazon and Audible.)
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Summary of Michael Lewis’s The Big Short by Swift Reads
- Narrated by: Richard Webb
- Length: 27 mins
- Release date: 14-03-2019
- Language: English
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