Excellent

This was a truly pleasurable listen. Evan gives a very impartial and positive overview of the British economy. If you have been reading a news paper or listening to the doom and gloom on TV. Get this book, listen to Evan's account of how Britain does what it does and I guarantee the pride will return.

Really good stuff.

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Intetesting and well paced

This is an ideal audiobook for listening to on the commute to work. It is interesting, well written and well narrated. It's a shame that a second narrator was used to read each of the quotations. This second narrator was too softly spoken and recorded at a low volume level so I could never hear what he said,

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Excellent synopsis of how modern economics works

Excellent synopsis of how modern economics works and n the UK and beyond. Well presented and easy to understand

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Very prescient

Listen to the final chapter and conclusion, if nothing else. Consider his was written in 2011… Prescient indeed.

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Entertaining and revealing

I enjoyed this book. It's read well, interesting, and at times surprising. Best of all: it's a positive, honest message.

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Finally my questions are answered

I have been looking for the subject for quite some time.

This audio book is very informative and proved my point right that universities are one of Britain's biggest income.

I shall buy another copy as a gift to my country's president.

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The UK's Income Explained!

It is a question often asked in a conversation, and then everyone starts to moan that "we don't make anything anymore". The book blows this myth to smithereens by showing what we do make and how well our products are received globally; however it is balanced with what we don't make, and why we don't make those things any more.

The UK's economics and our societies' culture (and to a certain extent its psychology) are examined, indicating why we have a trade deficit and prefer offices to manufacturing.

I'm abbreviating heavily here. This book deserves much more of your time and attention. Evan Davis narrates himself, and I've always found programs or documentaries of his on TV engaging, entertaining and easy to understand. He brings all this to the book; if you're a fan of his style, you'll love the book.

This was one of those audiobooks I didn't want to end.

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Lucid

I really enjoyed this. Easy to listen to and straightforward to follow, interesting throughout, balanced and also with a number of surprises. If the French have car brands and we don't, does it mean they have a larger auto industry? Well, cars are made up of components from all over the world, and the UK supplies a few. Also the retail distribution of cars is an important and essential part of the auto industry value chain. Wheels within wheels.

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Pitched just right

I came away from this audiobook feeling both informed and entertained. A subject like this could easily be dull, but this work is both written and narrated with real pace and an infectious enthusiasm. Perhaps the best endorsement I can give it, is that it really did change my opinion on the subject. Recommended.

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An interesting, understandable view of Economy

An easy to listen to review that put certain ideas into perspective. Thoroughly recommended as a valuable insight to how a global economy operates and the importance of the various economic factors within.

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