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Cuckooland
- Where the Rich Own the Truth
- By: Tom Burgis
- Narrated by: Joe Eyre
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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From the bestselling author of Kleptopia comes a true story about Cuckooland – a world where the rich can buy everything – including the truth....
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Cakeism
- By Pete Bell on 29-02-24
By: Tom Burgis
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The Prosperity Paradox
- How Innovation Can Lift Nations out of Poverty
- By: Clayton M. Christensen, Efosa Ojomo, Karen Dillon
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Clayton M. Christensen and coauthors Efosa Ojomo and Karen Dillon reveal why so many investments in economic development fail to generate sustainable prosperity and offers a groundbreaking solution for true and lasting change....
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mind blowing new way of approach projects in the 3rd world.
- By Anonymous User on 29-02-24
By: Clayton M. Christensen, and others
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Open Veins of Latin America
- Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
- By: Eduardo Galeano, Isabel Allende - Foreward
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America....
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The shocking truth
- By Catherine on 12-04-16
By: Eduardo Galeano, and others
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The Sovereign Individual
- Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
- By: James Dale Davidson, Peter Thiel - preface, William Rees-Mogg
- Narrated by: Michael David Axtell
- Length: 19 hrs and 20 mins
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Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the best seller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for prosperity and renewal in the face of radical changes in human history as we move into the next century....
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WOW this book was written over 20 years ago
- By Pawel Maestro on 07-09-20
By: James Dale Davidson, and others
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The Money Formula
- Dodgy Finance, Pseudo Science, and How Mathematicians Took Over the Markets
- By: Paul Wilmott, David Orrell
- Narrated by: Gavin Osborn
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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The Money Formula takes you inside the engine room of the global economy to explore the little-understood world of quantitative finance....
By: Paul Wilmott, and others
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The Phoenix Economy
- Work, Life, and Money in the New Not Normal
- By: Felix Salmon
- Narrated by: Felix Salmon
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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An award-winning journalist presents a tour-de-force analysis—drawing from history, economics, sociology, and popular culture—of the profound and transformative years of the early 2020s, both for individuals and for the global economy....
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Takes a long time to not say very much sadly
- By Mr. Sw Radford on 16-09-23
By: Felix Salmon
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Cuckooland
- Where the Rich Own the Truth
- By: Tom Burgis
- Narrated by: Joe Eyre
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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From the bestselling author of Kleptopia comes a true story about Cuckooland – a world where the rich can buy everything – including the truth....
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Cakeism
- By Pete Bell on 29-02-24
By: Tom Burgis
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The Prosperity Paradox
- How Innovation Can Lift Nations out of Poverty
- By: Clayton M. Christensen, Efosa Ojomo, Karen Dillon
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Clayton M. Christensen and coauthors Efosa Ojomo and Karen Dillon reveal why so many investments in economic development fail to generate sustainable prosperity and offers a groundbreaking solution for true and lasting change....
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mind blowing new way of approach projects in the 3rd world.
- By Anonymous User on 29-02-24
By: Clayton M. Christensen, and others
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Open Veins of Latin America
- Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
- By: Eduardo Galeano, Isabel Allende - Foreward
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America....
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The shocking truth
- By Catherine on 12-04-16
By: Eduardo Galeano, and others
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The Sovereign Individual
- Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
- By: James Dale Davidson, Peter Thiel - preface, William Rees-Mogg
- Narrated by: Michael David Axtell
- Length: 19 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the best seller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for prosperity and renewal in the face of radical changes in human history as we move into the next century....
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WOW this book was written over 20 years ago
- By Pawel Maestro on 07-09-20
By: James Dale Davidson, and others
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The Money Formula
- Dodgy Finance, Pseudo Science, and How Mathematicians Took Over the Markets
- By: Paul Wilmott, David Orrell
- Narrated by: Gavin Osborn
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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The Money Formula takes you inside the engine room of the global economy to explore the little-understood world of quantitative finance....
By: Paul Wilmott, and others
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The Phoenix Economy
- Work, Life, and Money in the New Not Normal
- By: Felix Salmon
- Narrated by: Felix Salmon
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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An award-winning journalist presents a tour-de-force analysis—drawing from history, economics, sociology, and popular culture—of the profound and transformative years of the early 2020s, both for individuals and for the global economy....
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Takes a long time to not say very much sadly
- By Mr. Sw Radford on 16-09-23
By: Felix Salmon
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Bust?
- Saving the Economy, Democracy and Our Sanity
- By: Robert Peston, Kishan Koria
- Narrated by: Nick Biadon
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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We in the West appear to be at a year zero, with the seeming end of the relative peace and prosperity we took for granted....
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An excellent and impartial view of Britain's malaise and how it is within our control to reverse decline
- By Matt Stagg on 18-03-24
By: Robert Peston, and others
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Janesville
- An American Story
- By: Amy Goldstein
- Narrated by: Joy Osmanski
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the story of what happens to an industrial town in the American heartland when its factory stills - but it's not the familiar tale....
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excellent and sad story of a town
- By rikki on 17-08-20
By: Amy Goldstein
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The Wages of Destruction
- The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
- By: Adam Tooze
- Narrated by: Adam Tooze, Simon Vance
- Length: 30 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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An extraordinary mythology has grown up around the Third Reich that hovers over political and moral debate even today. Adam Tooze's controversial book challenges the conventional economic interpretations of that period....
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Genuinely brilliant
- By Derrick on 29-11-21
By: Adam Tooze
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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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The Oligarchs
- Wealth and Power in the New Russia
- By: David Hoffman
- Narrated by: Steve Coulter
- Length: 22 hrs and 50 mins
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A brilliant investigative narrative: How six average Soviet men rose to the pinnacle of Russia's battered economy....
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A great narrative ruined by appalling narration
- By Simon on 10-11-16
By: David Hoffman
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How China Escaped the Poverty Trap
- By: Yuen Yuen Ang
- Narrated by: Catherine Ho
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
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How can poor and weak societies escape poverty traps? Political economists have traditionally offered three answers. Yuen Yuen Ang rejects all three schools of thought and their underlying assumptions....
By: Yuen Yuen Ang
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Life After the State
- Why We Don't Need Government
- By: Dominic Frisby
- Narrated by: Dominic Frisby
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Life After the State is a book that will change the way you think about money, education, healthcare, and social justice forever.
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Excellent listen
- By Mr. N. K. Forster on 23-03-24
By: Dominic Frisby
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Fully Automated Luxury Communism
- By: Aaron Bastani
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
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A different kind of politics for a new kind of society - beyond work, scarcity, and capitalism....
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Did a robot read this?
- By Rosie on 03-12-20
By: Aaron Bastani
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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....
By: DK
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Arguing with Zombies
- Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future
- By: Paul Krugman
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro, Paul Krugman
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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There is no better guide than Paul Krugman to basic economics, the ideas that animate much of our public policy. Likewise, there is no stronger foe of zombie economics, the misunderstandings that just won’t die....
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Great introduction to US economics
- By Kevin Helton on 04-05-20
By: Paul Krugman
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The Hidden Cost of Money
- How Financial Forces Shape Our Lives & the World Around Us
- By: Sebastian Bunney
- Narrated by: Russell Newton
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Do you ever feel like you're treading water, struggling to keep up with the rising tide of expenses? From groceries to housing to transportation, your cost of living continues to climb while your wages struggle to keep up.
By: Sebastian Bunney
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Hidden Repression: How the IMF and World Bank Sell Exploitation as Development
- Books by Alex Gladstein
- By: Alex Gladstein, Farida Nabourema
- Narrated by: Colin Sherif Ghannam
- Length: 3 hrs
- Unabridged
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The IMF and World Bank were created to help countries survive financial crises and to help them develop into prosperous economic actors. But their 75-year track record shows the opposite.
By: Alex Gladstein, and others
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Capital and Interest
- By: Frédéric Bastiat
- Narrated by: Michele Fry
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Frédéric Bastiat was an early 19th century French economist/statesman whose common sense essays tried to battle the rise of socialist ideology after...
By: Frédéric Bastiat
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Gods at War
- Shotgun Takeovers, Government by Deal, and the Private Equity Implosion
- By: Steven M. Davidoff
- Narrated by: Jay Snyder
- Length: 13 hrs
- Unabridged
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This audiobook is a whirlwind tour of the players determining the destiny of corporate America, including the government, private equity, strategic buyers, hedge funds, and sovereign wealth funds....
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A Map of the New Normal
- How Inflation, War, and Sanctions Will Change Your World Forever
- By: Jeff Rubin
- Narrated by: Jeff Rubin
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Bestselling economist Jeff Rubin warns that the shock inflation of 2021 is the front of a perfect storm of war, supply-chain disruption, geopolitical realignment, domestic upheaval, and energy scarcity that will change everything.
By: Jeff Rubin
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The New Great Depression
- Winners and Losers in a Post-Pandemic World
- By: James Rickards
- Narrated by: James Rickards
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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The man who predicted the worst economic crisis in US history shows you how to survive it....
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Not worth the read
- By Oliver Bale on 26-01-21
By: James Rickards
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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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The wittiest book on economics
- By Alexandru Girescu on 27-03-22
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The Rise and Fall of American Growth
- The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil War
- By: Robert J. Gordon
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 30 hrs and 14 mins
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In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. This book provides an in-depth account of this era....
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Good book; monotonous reading
- By carla on 15-11-17
By: Robert J. Gordon
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The Coming Collapse of China
- By: Gordon G. Chang
- Narrated by: Nancy Wu
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
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China is hot. The world sees a glorious future for this sleeping giant, three times larger than the United States, predicting it will blossom into the world's biggest economy by 2010. According to Chang, however, a lawyer and China specialist, the People's Republic is a paper dragon....
By: Gordon G. Chang
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Liquidated: An Ethnography of Wall Street
- By: Karen Zouwen Ho
- Narrated by: Cynthia Wallace
- Length: 15 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Ho argues that bankers' approaches to financial markets and corporate America are inseparable from the structures and strategies of their workplaces....
By: Karen Zouwen Ho
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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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Exceptional clarity
- By ENI STEPHEN on 03-12-20
By: Michael Pettis
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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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Insightful
- By paul j. on 21-06-21
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China's World View
- Demystifying China to Prevent Global Conflict
- By: David Daokui Li
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Writing in response to the growing anti-Chinese sentiment and alarmed by the threat of war, Dr. David Daokui Li pulls from his wealth of firsthand experience to demystify contemporary Chinese society and advocate for understanding between China and the West.
By: David Daokui Li
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The Housing Boom and Bust
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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This book is designed to unravel the tangled threads of the 2008-2009 financial crisis....
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Beware the bias
- By Tom S on 03-01-22
By: Thomas Sowell
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A Map of the New Normal
- How Inflation, War, and Sanctions Will Change Your World Forever
- By: Jeff Rubin
- Narrated by: Jeff Rubin
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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During the pandemic, government deficits skyrocketed to record highs while central banks primed the printing presses—and the time has come to pay for it. The ramifications of international COVID-19 spending could potentially last for decades, and inevitably one of the first consequences will be that central banks will lose control of interest rates, and subsequently, growth and inflation targets. The genie will be out of the bottle.
By: Jeff Rubin
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Progress and Poverty
- By: Henry George
- Narrated by: Jason Smith
- Length: 15 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Progress and Poverty by Henry George explores the paradox of increasing inequality in periods of economic growth. George proposes that land speculation is the root cause of wealth disparities, advocating for a single tax on land value to promote fairness and reduce poverty. This influential work is critical for understanding economic and social theories regarding land reform and taxation.
By: Henry George
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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
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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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China's World View
- Demystifying China to Prevent Global Conflict
- By: David Daokui Li
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
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Writing in response to the growing anti-Chinese sentiment and alarmed by the threat of war, Dr. David Daokui Li pulls from his wealth of firsthand experience to demystify contemporary Chinese society and advocate for understanding between China and the West. In this urgently needed and fascinating book, he explains the inner workings of a rising superpower to help the world understand how it works-and how to work with it.
By: David Daokui Li
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Hidden Repression: How the IMF and World Bank Sell Exploitation as Development
- Books by Alex Gladstein
- By: Alex Gladstein, Farida Nabourema
- Narrated by: Colin Sherif Ghannam
- Length: 3 hrs
- Unabridged
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The IMF and World Bank were created to help countries survive financial crises and to help them develop into prosperous economic actors. But their 75-year track record shows the opposite: their loans and structural adjustment policies have plunged poor countries into impossibly large debt traps and forced the Third World to focus on producing goods for consumption in the West, instead of growing consumption and industry at home.
By: Alex Gladstein, and others
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Life After the State
- Why We Don't Need Government
- By: Dominic Frisby
- Narrated by: Dominic Frisby
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Life After the State is a book that will change the way you think about money, education, healthcare and social justice forever. Combining the storytelling skills of Morgan Housel’s The Psychology of Money with the number-crunching investigative style of Tim Harford’s Undercover Economist, this is a quest into a topic too many of us take for granted–at our peril.
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Excellent listen
- By Mr. N. K. Forster on 23-03-24
By: Dominic Frisby
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A Map of the New Normal
- How Inflation, War, and Sanctions Will Change Your World Forever
- By: Jeff Rubin
- Narrated by: Jeff Rubin
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
During the pandemic, government deficits skyrocketed to record highs while central banks primed the printing presses—and the time has come to pay for it. The ramifications of international COVID-19 spending could potentially last for decades, and inevitably one of the first consequences will be that central banks will lose control of interest rates, and subsequently, growth and inflation targets. The genie will be out of the bottle.
By: Jeff Rubin
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Progress and Poverty
- By: Henry George
- Narrated by: Jason Smith
- Length: 15 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Progress and Poverty by Henry George explores the paradox of increasing inequality in periods of economic growth. George proposes that land speculation is the root cause of wealth disparities, advocating for a single tax on land value to promote fairness and reduce poverty. This influential work is critical for understanding economic and social theories regarding land reform and taxation.
By: Henry George
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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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China's World View
- Demystifying China to Prevent Global Conflict
- By: David Daokui Li
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Writing in response to the growing anti-Chinese sentiment and alarmed by the threat of war, Dr. David Daokui Li pulls from his wealth of firsthand experience to demystify contemporary Chinese society and advocate for understanding between China and the West. In this urgently needed and fascinating book, he explains the inner workings of a rising superpower to help the world understand how it works-and how to work with it.
By: David Daokui Li
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Hidden Repression: How the IMF and World Bank Sell Exploitation as Development
- Books by Alex Gladstein
- By: Alex Gladstein, Farida Nabourema
- Narrated by: Colin Sherif Ghannam
- Length: 3 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall
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The IMF and World Bank were created to help countries survive financial crises and to help them develop into prosperous economic actors. But their 75-year track record shows the opposite: their loans and structural adjustment policies have plunged poor countries into impossibly large debt traps and forced the Third World to focus on producing goods for consumption in the West, instead of growing consumption and industry at home.
By: Alex Gladstein, and others
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Life After the State
- Why We Don't Need Government
- By: Dominic Frisby
- Narrated by: Dominic Frisby
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Life After the State is a book that will change the way you think about money, education, healthcare and social justice forever. Combining the storytelling skills of Morgan Housel’s The Psychology of Money with the number-crunching investigative style of Tim Harford’s Undercover Economist, this is a quest into a topic too many of us take for granted–at our peril.
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Excellent listen
- By Mr. N. K. Forster on 23-03-24
By: Dominic Frisby