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Bestsellers
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The Deficit Myth
- Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
- By: Stephanie Kelton
- Narrated by: Stephanie Kelton
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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Good core idea, ruined by polemics
- By Amaze on 06-25-20
By: Stephanie Kelton
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Why Nations Fail
- The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- By: Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries.....
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Pros and Cons of "Why Nations Fail"
- By Joshua Kim on 05-01-12
By: Daron Acemoglu, and others
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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
- Unabridged
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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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The Financial Times' Critique Doesn't Detract
- By Madeleine on 05-22-14
By: Thomas Piketty, and others
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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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Hard Pill To Swallow - I’m better for it
- By Charles on 01-14-19
By: Thomas Sowell
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A Generation of Sociopaths
- How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America
- By: Bruce Cannon Gibney
- Narrated by: Wayne Pyle
- Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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What happens when a society is run by people who are antisocial? Welcome to baby boomer America.....
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Honest introspection required
- By Niki on 03-31-17
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The Whiteness of Wealth
- How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans - and How We Can Fix It
- By: Dorothy A. Brown
- Narrated by: Karen Murray
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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A groundbreaking exposé of racism in the American taxation system from a law professor and expert on tax policy....
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Thought provoking and very accessible
- By Simone on 05-16-21
By: Dorothy A. Brown
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The Deficit Myth
- Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
- By: Stephanie Kelton
- Narrated by: Stephanie Kelton
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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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....
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Good core idea, ruined by polemics
- By Amaze on 06-25-20
By: Stephanie Kelton
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Why Nations Fail
- The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- By: Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries.....
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Pros and Cons of "Why Nations Fail"
- By Joshua Kim on 05-01-12
By: Daron Acemoglu, and others
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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
- Unabridged
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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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The Financial Times' Critique Doesn't Detract
- By Madeleine on 05-22-14
By: Thomas Piketty, and others
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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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Hard Pill To Swallow - I’m better for it
- By Charles on 01-14-19
By: Thomas Sowell
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A Generation of Sociopaths
- How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America
- By: Bruce Cannon Gibney
- Narrated by: Wayne Pyle
- Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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What happens when a society is run by people who are antisocial? Welcome to baby boomer America.....
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Honest introspection required
- By Niki on 03-31-17
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The Whiteness of Wealth
- How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans - and How We Can Fix It
- By: Dorothy A. Brown
- Narrated by: Karen Murray
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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A groundbreaking exposé of racism in the American taxation system from a law professor and expert on tax policy....
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Thought provoking and very accessible
- By Simone on 05-16-21
By: Dorothy A. Brown
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Wall Street's War on Workers
- How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do About It
- By: Les Leopold
- Narrated by: Madison Niederhauser
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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In Wall Street’s War on Workers, Les Leopold, co-founder of the Labor Institute, provides a clear lens with which we can see how healthy corporations in the United States have used mass layoffs and stock buybacks to enrich shareholders at the expense of employees....
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Timely and informative
- By Andrea on 04-01-24
By: Les Leopold
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Adults in the Room
- My Battle with the European and American Deep Establishment
- By: Yanis Varoufakis
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 20 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Renowned economist and former finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis gives the full account of his momentous clash with the mightiest economic and political forces on earth....
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Very interesting but listen with caution.
- By Dimitris on 10-08-19
By: Yanis Varoufakis
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Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
- Or, How Capitalism Works - and How It Fails
- By: Yanis Varoufakis
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Yanis Varoufakis has appeared before heads of nations, assemblies of experts, and countless students around the world. Now, he faces his most important - and difficult - audience yet....
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Super Digestible
- By Sean on 06-30-22
By: Yanis Varoufakis
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The System
- Who Rigged It, How We Fix It
- By: Robert B. Reich
- Narrated by: Robert B. Reich
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
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From the best-selling author of Saving Capitalism and The Common Good, an urgent analysis of how the "rigged" systems of American politics and power operate, how this status quo came to be, and how average citizens can enact change....
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Turn Off Your TV. Wake Up and Listen Now!
- By Benchmark on 03-25-20
By: Robert B. Reich
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No Trade Is Free
- Changing Course, Taking on China, and Helping America's Workers
- By: Robert Lighthizer
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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America is the first country in history to fund the rise of its rivals. We need to stop now, before it’s too late....
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A good summary, and prescription for the future
- By Catur on 04-03-24
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This Changes Everything
- Capitalism vs. the Climate
- By: Naomi Klein
- Narrated by: Ellen Archer
- Length: 20 hrs and 44 mins
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In This Changes Everything Naomi Klein argues that climate change isn’t just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes and health care....
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Didactic and preachy... and I agree with her
- By plau on 09-25-16
By: Naomi Klein
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The Bond King
- How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All
- By: Mary Childs
- Narrated by: Mary Childs
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
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From the host of NPR’s Planet Money comes the deeply investigated story of how one visionary, ruthless investor changed American finance forever....
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Being a good writer does not make you a good narrator
- By John Mallory on 05-14-22
By: Mary Childs
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End the Fed
- By: Ron Paul
- Narrated by: Bob Craig
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Most people don't give a second thought to the Federal Reserve, but they should. In End the Fed, Ron Paul argues that the Fed is both corrupt and dangerously autonomous....
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Very clear and understandable
- By Jonnie on 09-19-09
By: Ron Paul
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The Chile Project
- The Story of the Chicago Boys and the Downfall of Neoliberalism
- By: Sebastian Edwards
- Narrated by: Andrew Joseph Perez
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Chile Project, Sebastian Edwards tells the story of how the neoliberal economic model came to an end in 2021, when Gabriel Boric was elected president, vowing that "If Chile was the cradle of neoliberalism, it will also be its grave"....
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Combining history, ethnography, politic
- By John Murphy on 06-05-23
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Good Economics for Hard Times
- Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
- By: Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo
- Narrated by: James Lurie
- Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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The winners of the Nobel Prize show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day....
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audio is not The best format for a book like this
- By CB on 12-08-19
By: Abhijit V. Banerjee, and others
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Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
- By: Kate Raworth
- Narrated by: Kate Raworth
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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Economics is the mother tongue of public policy. It dominates our decision-making for the future, guides multi-billion-dollar investments, and shapes our responses to climate change, inequality,....
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Economic romanticizing, not economic thinking
- By LAM X LUU on 04-05-18
By: Kate Raworth
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The Injustice of Place
- Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America
- By: Kathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer, Timothy J. Nelson
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Three of the nation’s top scholars – known for tackling key mysteries about poverty in America – turn their attention from the country’s poorest people to its poorest places....
By: Kathryn J. Edin, and others
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As Gods Among Men
- A History of the Rich in the West
- By: Guido Alfani
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 16 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Alfani argues that the position of the rich and super-rich in Western society has always been intrinsically fragile; their very presence has inspired social unease. In the Middle Ages, an excessive accumulation of wealth was considered sinful; the rich were expected not to appear to be wealthy....
By: Guido Alfani
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Best Things First
- By: Bjorn Lomborg
- Narrated by: Pete Ferrand
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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World leaders have promised everything to everyone. But they are failing. The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are supposed to be delivered by 2030....
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Wonderful book but mentions constantly a PDF that
- By Georges on 11-13-23
By: Bjorn Lomborg
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Limitarianism
- The Case Against Extreme Wealth
- By: Ingrid Robeyns
- Narrated by: Rachel Bavidge
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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How much money is too much? Is it ethical, and democratic, for an individual to amass a limitless amount of wealth, and then spend it however they choose? Many of us feel that the answer to that is no—but what can we do about it....
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How important it is for everyone to read this book!
- By MSH on 02-27-24
By: Ingrid Robeyns
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The Rise and Fall of the East
- How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline
- By: Yasheng Huang PhD
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lam
- Length: 17 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Chinese society has been shaped by the interplay of the EAST—exams, autocracy, stability, and technology—from ancient times through the present. Chinese autocracies have developed exceptional tools for homogenizing ideas, norms, and practices. But this uniformity came with a huge downside....
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Thought provoking
- By Wyatt on 03-11-24
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How the Poor Can Save Capitalism
- Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class
- By: John Hope Bryant
- Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
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This is a free enterprise approach to solving the problem of poverty and raising up a new America....
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Simply a MUST read!
- By Kevin E Crittendon on 11-05-16
By: John Hope Bryant
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The Man Who Knew
- The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan
- By: Sebastian Mallaby
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 29 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive biography of the most important economic statesman of our time, from the best-selling author of The Power Law and More Money Than God. Sebastian Mallaby's magisterial biography of Alan Greenspan, the product of over five years of research....
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what about CFMA?
- By Paul de Jong on 03-05-17
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Fed Up
- An Insider's Take on Why the Federal Reserve Is Bad for America
- By: Danielle DiMartino Booth
- Narrated by: Danielle DiMartino Booth
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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This book is Booth's clarion call for a change in the way America's most powerful financial institution is run - before it's too late....
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straight forward brilliant
- By casey on 02-20-17
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Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
- By: Anne Case, Angus Deaton
- Narrated by: Kate Harper
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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From economist Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton, a groundbreaking account of how the flaws in capitalism are fatal for America's working class....
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So many words, so little insight
- By Trebla on 03-22-20
By: Anne Case, and others
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The Real Crash
- America's Coming Bankruptcy - How to Save Yourself and Your Country
- By: Peter D. Schiff
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
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In The Real Crash, New York Times best-selling author Peter D. Schiff argues that America is enjoying a government-inflated bubble, one that reality will explode... with disastrous consequences....
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Important Book with Somewhat Misleading Title
- By John on 07-08-12
By: Peter D. Schiff
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Governing the Commons
- The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action (Canto Classics)
- By: Elinor Ostrom
- Narrated by: Kathleen Godwin
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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The governance of natural resources used by many individuals in common is an issue of increasing concern to policy analysts....
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Excelent communicating valuable research findings
- By Julio Cesar Millan Espinosa on 04-18-23
By: Elinor Ostrom
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House of Debt
- How They (and You) Caused the Great Recession, and How We Can Prevent It From Happening Again
- By: Atif Mian, Amir Sufi
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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Atif Mian and Amir Sufi reveal in House of Debt how the Great Recession and Great Depression were caused by a large run-up in household debt....
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Terrible narrator.
- By MSEV on 09-11-18
By: Atif Mian, and others
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The Chickenshit Club
- Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives
- By: Jesse Eisinger
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
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Why were no bankers put in prison after the financial crisis of 2008? Why do CEOs seem to commit wrongdoing with impunity? The problem goes beyond banks deemed "too big to fail"....
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Makes Perfect Sense to Me
- By tetrahymena on 10-07-18
By: Jesse Eisinger
New releases
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The Longevity Imperative
- How to Build a Healthier and More Productive Society to Support Our Longer Lives
- By: Andrew J. Scott
- Narrated by: Michael Chance
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Thanks to increases in life expectancy, we can now expect to live for a long time. Most of us would welcome an extra day in the week, so why do so many of us view the prospect of additional years with fear and skepticism? The reason is simple: society is not currently structured to support long lives. Rather than thinking in terms of the needs of a rising number of older people, we must instead support the young and middle-aged to prepare differently for the longer futures they can expect.
By: Andrew J. Scott
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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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A Patriot's History of Globalism
- Its Rise and Decline
- By: Larry Schweikart
- Narrated by: Troy Wolfe
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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In the wake of Napoleon's defeat in 1814, the globalists of the day (mostly monarchs) sought to create a governing arrangement for Europe. Within forty years, three of the major participants were at war with each other. After World War I, they tried again at Versailles, this time even more aggressively changing boundaries of nations and moving populations. That attempt only lasted twenty years before another major war between the participants. Yet again, after World War II, globalists used the threat of the atomic bomb to try to form an international government with the United Nations.
By: Larry Schweikart
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Wall Street's War on Workers
- How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do About It
- By: Les Leopold
- Narrated by: Madison Niederhauser
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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In Wall Street’s War on Workers, Les Leopold, co-founder of the Labor Institute, provides a clear lens with which we can see how healthy corporations in the United States have used mass layoffs and stock buybacks to enrich shareholders at the expense of employees. With detailed research and concise language, Leopold explains why mass layoffs occur and how our current laws and regulations allow companies to turn these layoffs into short-term financial gains.
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Timely and informative
- By Andrea on 04-01-24
By: Les Leopold
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The National System of Political Economy
- By: Friedrich List
- Narrated by: Christopher Kendrick
- Length: 18 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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"The National System of Political Economy" by Friedrich List, first published in 1841, is a seminal work that advocates for economic nationalism and the strategic use of protectionist policies to foster a country's economic development. List argues against the prevailing doctrine of free trade and presents a comprehensive framework for promoting domestic industry and infrastructure. His ideas have had a lasting impact on the development of industrial policy and international trade theory. The book remains a significant contribution to the understanding of economic development.
By: Friedrich List
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The Inequality of Wealth
- By: Liam Byrne
- Narrated by: Keith Wickham
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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A wide-ranging and compelling account of the historical and current causes of wealth inequality, offering prescriptions for lasting solutions to an intractable problem, and for a more equitable distribution of wealth and resources.
By: Liam Byrne
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The Longevity Imperative
- How to Build a Healthier and More Productive Society to Support Our Longer Lives
- By: Andrew J. Scott
- Narrated by: Michael Chance
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Thanks to increases in life expectancy, we can now expect to live for a long time. Most of us would welcome an extra day in the week, so why do so many of us view the prospect of additional years with fear and skepticism? The reason is simple: society is not currently structured to support long lives. Rather than thinking in terms of the needs of a rising number of older people, we must instead support the young and middle-aged to prepare differently for the longer futures they can expect.
By: Andrew J. Scott
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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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Performance
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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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A Patriot's History of Globalism
- Its Rise and Decline
- By: Larry Schweikart
- Narrated by: Troy Wolfe
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
In the wake of Napoleon's defeat in 1814, the globalists of the day (mostly monarchs) sought to create a governing arrangement for Europe. Within forty years, three of the major participants were at war with each other. After World War I, they tried again at Versailles, this time even more aggressively changing boundaries of nations and moving populations. That attempt only lasted twenty years before another major war between the participants. Yet again, after World War II, globalists used the threat of the atomic bomb to try to form an international government with the United Nations.
By: Larry Schweikart
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Wall Street's War on Workers
- How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do About It
- By: Les Leopold
- Narrated by: Madison Niederhauser
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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In Wall Street’s War on Workers, Les Leopold, co-founder of the Labor Institute, provides a clear lens with which we can see how healthy corporations in the United States have used mass layoffs and stock buybacks to enrich shareholders at the expense of employees. With detailed research and concise language, Leopold explains why mass layoffs occur and how our current laws and regulations allow companies to turn these layoffs into short-term financial gains.
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Timely and informative
- By Andrea on 04-01-24
By: Les Leopold
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The National System of Political Economy
- By: Friedrich List
- Narrated by: Christopher Kendrick
- Length: 18 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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"The National System of Political Economy" by Friedrich List, first published in 1841, is a seminal work that advocates for economic nationalism and the strategic use of protectionist policies to foster a country's economic development. List argues against the prevailing doctrine of free trade and presents a comprehensive framework for promoting domestic industry and infrastructure. His ideas have had a lasting impact on the development of industrial policy and international trade theory. The book remains a significant contribution to the understanding of economic development.
By: Friedrich List
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The Inequality of Wealth
- By: Liam Byrne
- Narrated by: Keith Wickham
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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A wide-ranging and compelling account of the historical and current causes of wealth inequality, offering prescriptions for lasting solutions to an intractable problem, and for a more equitable distribution of wealth and resources.
By: Liam Byrne