Best Sellers
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Why Nations Fail
- The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- Written by: Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
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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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Too long for it's own good
- By Manpreet Singh on 27-12-20
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Misbehaving
- The Making of Behavioral Economics
- Written by: Richard Thaler
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
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Richard H. Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central agents in the economy are humans - predictable, error-prone individuals....
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Excellent Biographical account by Thaler
- By Sandeep Bhasin on 17-05-19
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Capital in the Twenty-First Century
- Written 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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Political Economy
- By VJK NAIR on 24-10-20
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1991
- How P. V. Narasimha Rao Made History
- Written by: Sanjaya Baru
- Narrated by: Avinash Kumar Singh
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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P. V. Narasimha Rao (or PV, as he was popularly known) has been widely praised for enabling the economic reforms that transformed the country in 1991....
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Indian forgotten Economic Hero
- By ABHILASH on 01-01-19
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Easy Money, Book 2
- The Evolution of the Global Financial System to the Great Bubble Burst
- Written by: Vivek Kaul
- Narrated by: Kaushik Ramachandran
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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The second book in the Easy Money trilogy discusses how the global financial system evolved in the aftermath of the First World War and how that finally led to the dot-com crash in the United States, in the early 2000s....
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Debt - Updated and Expanded
- The First 5,000 Years
- Written by: David Graeber
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Here, anthropologist David Graeber presents a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom: He shows that before there was money, there was debt....
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Why Nations Fail
- The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- Written by: Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
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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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Too long for it's own good
- By Manpreet Singh on 27-12-20
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Misbehaving
- The Making of Behavioral Economics
- Written by: Richard Thaler
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
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Richard H. Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central agents in the economy are humans - predictable, error-prone individuals....
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Excellent Biographical account by Thaler
- By Sandeep Bhasin on 17-05-19
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Capital in the Twenty-First Century
- Written 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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Political Economy
- By VJK NAIR on 24-10-20
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1991
- How P. V. Narasimha Rao Made History
- Written by: Sanjaya Baru
- Narrated by: Avinash Kumar Singh
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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P. V. Narasimha Rao (or PV, as he was popularly known) has been widely praised for enabling the economic reforms that transformed the country in 1991....
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Indian forgotten Economic Hero
- By ABHILASH on 01-01-19
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Easy Money, Book 2
- The Evolution of the Global Financial System to the Great Bubble Burst
- Written by: Vivek Kaul
- Narrated by: Kaushik Ramachandran
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
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The second book in the Easy Money trilogy discusses how the global financial system evolved in the aftermath of the First World War and how that finally led to the dot-com crash in the United States, in the early 2000s....
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Debt - Updated and Expanded
- The First 5,000 Years
- Written by: David Graeber
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
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Here, anthropologist David Graeber presents a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom: He shows that before there was money, there was debt....
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Easy Money
- The Evolution of Money from Robinson Crusoe to the First World War
- Written by: Vivek Kaul
- Narrated by: Kaushik Ramachandran
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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The bigger picture of the ongoing financial crisis has now started to evolve. Easy Money captures this big picture. The history of money and the financial system as it has evolved over the centuries stand at the heart of this endeavor....
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Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
- A Brief History of Capitalism
- Written by: Yanis Varoufakis
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
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Why is there so much inequality? In this short book, world-famous economist Yanis Varoufakis sets out to answer his 11-year-old daughter Xenia's deceptively simple question....
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Marvellous
- By Ambreesh on 27-11-20
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The End of Power
- From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be
- Written by: Moises Naim
- Narrated by: Matt Kugler
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
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Power is shifting - from large, stable armies to loose bands of insurgents, from corporate leviathans to nimble start-ups, and from presidential palaces to public squares. But power is also changing, becoming harder to use and easier to lose....
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Economics in One Lesson
- Written by: Henry Hazlitt
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
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Called by H.L. Mencken, "one of the few economists in history who could really write," Henry Hazlitt achieved lasting fame...
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A great book to start learning about economics.
- By Deepa on 06-01-19
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Capital and Ideology
- Written by: Thomas Piketty, Arthur Goldhammer - translator
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 48 hrs and 57 mins
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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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A big academic pursuit: pleasure to listen!
- By leandisciple on 16-12-20
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Manias, Panics, and Crashes (Seventh Edition)
- A History of Financial Crises
- Written by: Robert Z. Aliber, Charles P. Kindleberger
- Narrated by: Alister Austin
- Length: 19 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In this thoroughly revised edition following the latest crises to hit international markets, economist Robert Z. Aliber introduces the concept that global financial crises in recent years are not independent events, but symptomatic of an inherent instability in the international system....
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This Time Is Different
- Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
- Written by: Carmen Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing--and recovering--their way through an extraordinary range of financial crises....
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Karl Marx
- Das Kapital
- Written by: David Ramsay Steele
- Narrated by: Louis Rukeyser
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
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Karl Marx tried to show that capitalism was both inefficient and immoral....
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Titan
- The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
- Written by: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 35 hrs and 3 mins
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Titan is the first full-length biography based on unrestricted access to Rockefeller’s exceptionally rich trove of papers. A landmark publication full of startling revelations, the book indelibly alters our image of this most enigmatic capitalist....
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Thoroughly enjoyable
- By TARA GOPAL on 05-03-19
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Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance
- Written by: Douglass C. North
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
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Continuing his groundbreaking analysis of economic structures, Douglass North develops an analytical framework for explaining the ways in which institutions and institutional change affect the performance of economies....
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Planet India
- How the Fastest Growing Democracy Is Transforming America and the World
- Written 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....
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The Shock Doctrine
- The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
- Written by: Naomi Klein
- Narrated by: Katherine Fenton
- Length: 22 hrs and 17 mins
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Around the world in Britain, the United States, Asia and the Middle East, there are people with power who are cashing in on chaos, exploiting bloodshed and catastrophe to brutally remake our world in their image....
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All the Devils Are Here
- The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis
- Written by: Bethany McLean, Joe Nocera
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
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As soon as the financial crisis erupted, the finger-pointing began....
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The Economics Book
- Big Ideas Simply Explained
- Written by: DK
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
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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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Brilliant text and reading.
- By Sunnyvale101 on 09-05-20
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The Meltdown
- India Inc's Biggest Implosions
- Written by: Dev Chatterjee, Sudha Pai Chatterjee
- Narrated by: Rajiv Dadia
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
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This is a behind-the-scenes look at the spectacular collapse of some of the biggest names in India Inc....
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How Asia Works
- Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region
- Written by: Joe Studwell
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
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Impressive in scope, How Asia Works is essential listening for anyone interested in a region that will shape the future of the world....
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The Bank That Lived a Little
- Barclays in the Age of the Very Free Market
- Written by: Philip Augar
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
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Based on unparalleled access to those involved, and told with compelling pace and drama, The Bank That Lived a Little is the story of one of the most familiar names on the British high street since Big Bang in 1986....
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Fault Lines
- How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy
- Written by: Raghuram G. Rajan
- Narrated by: Devin Ryan Pearl
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
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Rajan shows how the individual choices that collectively brought about the economic meltdown were rational responses to a flawed global financial order....
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Must read for the content Narration is poor
- By Raguraman on 01-09-19
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Fragile by Design
- The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit
- Written by: Charles W. Calomiris, Stephen H. Haber
- Narrated by: Basil Sands
- Length: 20 hrs and 21 mins
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Why are banking systems unstable in so many countries--but not in others? The United States has had twelve systemic banking crises since 1840, while Canada has had none....
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The Ascent of Money
- A Financial History of the World
- Written by: Niall Ferguson
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
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The abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Niall Ferguson's epic history, The Ascent of Money. Behind each great historical phenomenon there lies a financial secret....
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The Wealth of Nations
- Written by: Adam Smith
- Narrated by: Michael Lunts
- Length: 41 hrs and 58 mins
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The Wealth of Nations, first published in 1776, is the first book of modern political economy and still provides the foundation for the study of that discipline....
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The audio volume is low. Could not hear in a noisy
- By Vasanth on 03-02-21
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The Great Economists
- How Their Ideas Can Help Us Today
- Written by: Linda Yueh
- Narrated by: Linda Yueh
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
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Since the days of Adam Smith, economists have grappled with a series of familiar problems - but often their ideas are hard to digest....
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The Thomas Sowell Reader
- Written by: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
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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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Irrational Exuberance
- Revised and Expanded Third Edition
- Written by: Robert J. Shiller
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
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With high stock and bond prices and the rising cost of housing, the post-subprime boom may well turn out to be another illustration of Shiller's influential argument that psychologically driven volatility is an inherent characteristic of all asset markets....
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Understanding the Black Economy and Black Money in India
- An Enquiry into Causes, Consequences & Remedies
- Written by: Arun Kumar
- Narrated by: Ashden H. Dodhy
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
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The Narendra Modi government's sudden demonetization of '500 and '1,000 notes in November 2016 failed to put a dent in the black economy but caused untold hardship....
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Lincolnomics
- How President Lincoln Constructed the Great American Economy
- Written by: John F. Wasik
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
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Lincolnomics revives the disremembered history of how Lincoln paved the way for Eisenhower's interstate highways and FDR's social amenities....
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Stress Test
- Reflections on Financial Crises
- Written by: Timothy F. Geithner
- Narrated by: Timothy F. Geithner
- Length: 18 hrs and 23 mins
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From the former Treasury Secretary, the definitive account of the unprecedented effort to save the U.S. economy from collapse....
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Crashed
- Written by: Adam Tooze
- Narrated by: Simon Vance, Adam Tooze
- Length: 25 hrs and 27 mins
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In September 2008 the Great Financial Crisis, triggered by the collapse of Lehman brothers, shook the world. A decade later its spectre still haunts us....
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Sacred Economics
- Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
- Written by: Charles Eisenstein
- Narrated by: Steve Wojtas
- Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
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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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Must listen if you care for humanity
- By Amazon Customer on 06-02-20
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China's Economy
- What Everyone Needs to Know®
- Written by: Arthur R. Kroeber
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
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China's Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know is a concise introduction to the most astonishing economic growth story of the last three decades. In the 1980s, China was an impoverished backwater. Today it is the world's second biggest economy....
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An essential research in a required field.
- By pranab kumar mishra on 12-11-20
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Lincolnomics
- How President Lincoln Constructed the Great American Economy
- Written by: John F. Wasik
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
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Author John F. Wasik tracks Lincoln from his time in the 1830s as a young Illinois state legislator pushing for internal improvements; through his work as a lawyer representing the Illinois Central Railroad in the 1840s; to his presidential fight for the Transcontinental Railroad; and his support of land-grant colleges that educated a nation. These brick-and-mortar developments were essential to how the nation could lift citizens above poverty and its isolating origins.
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Wirecard - Das Psychogramm eines Jahrhundertskandals
- Das Hörbuch zum Doku-Drama auf TV Now
- Written by: Bettina Weiguny, Georg Meck
- Narrated by: Erich Wittenberg
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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Der Wirecard-Skandal ist einmalig in der deutschen Wirtschaftsgeschichte - ein einziger großer Fake. Wie konnte es zu diesem filmreifen Bankrott eines Dax-Konzerns kommen? Wer sind die Köpfe hinter dem Betrug? Wer muss dafür büßen? Und warum ist das weltumspannende kriminelle Netzwerk erst nach so langer Zeit aufgeflogen? Die Journalisten Bettina Weiguny und Georg Meck - beide federführend an der UFA-Verfilmung des Wirecard-Skandals beteiligt - entwerfen das Psychogramm eines Jahrhundertskandals.
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Nothing Is Too Big to Fail
- How the Last Financial Crisis Informs Today
- Written by: Kerry Killinger, Linda Killinger
- Narrated by: Gary Bennett
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2008, the American economy collapsed, taking with it millions of Americans' jobs, homes, and life savings. The impending financial crisis was devastating, and many are still feeling its effects today. Though the crisis was debilitating, the US government has yet to implement policies that would prevent a repeat of the Great Recession. Nothing Is Too Big to Fail holds a microscope to the very policies and corruption that led to this major economic recession.
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Die Wirecard-Story
- Die Geschichte einer Milliarden-Lüge - Von den mehrfach ausgezeichneten Investigativ-Reportern der WirtschaftsWoche
- Written by: Volker ter Haseborg, Melanie Bergermann
- Narrated by: Stefan Lehnen
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
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Der Fall Wirecard ist der wohl größte Skandal der deutschen Dax-Geschichte. Verschwundene Milliarden, dubiose Partnerfirmen im Ausland und Manager mit schillerndem Doppelleben. Der langjährige Konzernchef Markus Braun sitzt in Haft, Ex-Vorstand Jan Marsalek ist auf der Flucht. Aufseher, Ermittler und Wirtschaftsprüfer sind blamiert, doch nicht nur das: Der Fall Wirecard ist eine Niederlage für den Wirtschafts-Standort Deutschland. Wie konnte das passieren? Dieser Frage gehen Melanie Bergermann und Volker ter Haseborg nach.
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Currency Wars
- The Making of the Next Global Crisis
- Written by: James Rickards
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Currency wars are one of the most destructive and feared outcomes in international economics. At best, they result in countries stealing growth from their trading partners. At worst, they degenerate into inflation, recession and real violence. Author James Rickards concludes that currency wars are as problematic now as they were in 1971 when President Nixon took the dollar off the gold standard. Headlines about the debasement of the dollar, bailouts in Europe and Chinese and currency manipulation are all indicators that we're entering an even more dangerous phase.
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Manias, Panics, and Crashes
- A History of Financial Crises
- Written by: Charles Kindleberger
- Narrated by: Robert O'Keefe
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Financial historian and author Charles P. Kindleberger was the Ford Professor of Economics at MIT for 33 years. In this updated edition of his most popular work, Kindleberger presents a detailed study of nearly every major financial upset throughout history. From the Holy Roman Empire's currency devaluation of 1618, through the California Gold Rush, to the stock market crash of 1987, this history is a highly enjoyable and supremely informative listening experience.
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Lincolnomics
- How President Lincoln Constructed the Great American Economy
- Written by: John F. Wasik
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Author John F. Wasik tracks Lincoln from his time in the 1830s as a young Illinois state legislator pushing for internal improvements; through his work as a lawyer representing the Illinois Central Railroad in the 1840s; to his presidential fight for the Transcontinental Railroad; and his support of land-grant colleges that educated a nation. These brick-and-mortar developments were essential to how the nation could lift citizens above poverty and its isolating origins.
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Wirecard - Das Psychogramm eines Jahrhundertskandals
- Das Hörbuch zum Doku-Drama auf TV Now
- Written by: Bettina Weiguny, Georg Meck
- Narrated by: Erich Wittenberg
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Abridged
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Der Wirecard-Skandal ist einmalig in der deutschen Wirtschaftsgeschichte - ein einziger großer Fake. Wie konnte es zu diesem filmreifen Bankrott eines Dax-Konzerns kommen? Wer sind die Köpfe hinter dem Betrug? Wer muss dafür büßen? Und warum ist das weltumspannende kriminelle Netzwerk erst nach so langer Zeit aufgeflogen? Die Journalisten Bettina Weiguny und Georg Meck - beide federführend an der UFA-Verfilmung des Wirecard-Skandals beteiligt - entwerfen das Psychogramm eines Jahrhundertskandals.
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Nothing Is Too Big to Fail
- How the Last Financial Crisis Informs Today
- Written by: Kerry Killinger, Linda Killinger
- Narrated by: Gary Bennett
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2008, the American economy collapsed, taking with it millions of Americans' jobs, homes, and life savings. The impending financial crisis was devastating, and many are still feeling its effects today. Though the crisis was debilitating, the US government has yet to implement policies that would prevent a repeat of the Great Recession. Nothing Is Too Big to Fail holds a microscope to the very policies and corruption that led to this major economic recession.
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Die Wirecard-Story
- Die Geschichte einer Milliarden-Lüge - Von den mehrfach ausgezeichneten Investigativ-Reportern der WirtschaftsWoche
- Written by: Volker ter Haseborg, Melanie Bergermann
- Narrated by: Stefan Lehnen
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Der Fall Wirecard ist der wohl größte Skandal der deutschen Dax-Geschichte. Verschwundene Milliarden, dubiose Partnerfirmen im Ausland und Manager mit schillerndem Doppelleben. Der langjährige Konzernchef Markus Braun sitzt in Haft, Ex-Vorstand Jan Marsalek ist auf der Flucht. Aufseher, Ermittler und Wirtschaftsprüfer sind blamiert, doch nicht nur das: Der Fall Wirecard ist eine Niederlage für den Wirtschafts-Standort Deutschland. Wie konnte das passieren? Dieser Frage gehen Melanie Bergermann und Volker ter Haseborg nach.
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Currency Wars
- The Making of the Next Global Crisis
- Written by: James Rickards
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Currency wars are one of the most destructive and feared outcomes in international economics. At best, they result in countries stealing growth from their trading partners. At worst, they degenerate into inflation, recession and real violence. Author James Rickards concludes that currency wars are as problematic now as they were in 1971 when President Nixon took the dollar off the gold standard. Headlines about the debasement of the dollar, bailouts in Europe and Chinese and currency manipulation are all indicators that we're entering an even more dangerous phase.
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Manias, Panics, and Crashes
- A History of Financial Crises
- Written by: Charles Kindleberger
- Narrated by: Robert O'Keefe
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Financial historian and author Charles P. Kindleberger was the Ford Professor of Economics at MIT for 33 years. In this updated edition of his most popular work, Kindleberger presents a detailed study of nearly every major financial upset throughout history. From the Holy Roman Empire's currency devaluation of 1618, through the California Gold Rush, to the stock market crash of 1987, this history is a highly enjoyable and supremely informative listening experience.