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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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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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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Consequences of Capitalism
- Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance
- Written by: Noam Chomsky, Marv Waterstone
- Narrated by: Donald Corren
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
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In this landmark text Chomsky and Waterstone chart a critical map for a more just and sustainable society....
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The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
- Written by: John Perkins
- Narrated by: Tom Taylorson
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
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The previous edition of this now-classic book revealed the existence and subversive manipulations of "economic hit men"....
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Interesting by Egomaniacal
- By neha on 29-07-20
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Discrimination and Disparities
- Written by: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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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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Simply Brilliant
- By kunal choudhary on 17-03-21
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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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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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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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Consequences of Capitalism
- Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance
- Written by: Noam Chomsky, Marv Waterstone
- Narrated by: Donald Corren
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
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In this landmark text Chomsky and Waterstone chart a critical map for a more just and sustainable society....
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The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
- Written by: John Perkins
- Narrated by: Tom Taylorson
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
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The previous edition of this now-classic book revealed the existence and subversive manipulations of "economic hit men"....
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Interesting by Egomaniacal
- By neha on 29-07-20
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Discrimination and Disparities
- Written by: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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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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Simply Brilliant
- By kunal choudhary on 17-03-21
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Extreme Economies
- Survival, Failure, Future - Lessons from the World’s Limits
- Written by: Richard Davies
- Narrated by: James MacCallum
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
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This audiobook tells the personal stories of humans living in extreme situations, and of the financial infrastructure they create....
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Edgy, Entertaining Yet Elevating & Educating
- By Girish B Hukkeri on 14-03-20
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The Billionaire Raj
- Written by: James Crabtree
- Narrated by: Sartaj Garewal
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
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While King of the Good Times Vijay Mallya languishes in exile in Britain, other major Bollygarchs prosper at home despite a series of scandals....
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Narration has multiple issues
- By Anonymous on 07-08-20
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The Waste-Free World
- How the Circular Economy Will Take Less, Make More, and Save the Planet
- Written by: Ron Gonen
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
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Our take-make-waste economy has cost consumers and taxpayers billions while cheating us out of a habitable planet. The Waste-Free World makes a persuasive, forward-looking case for a circular economic model, a “closed-loop” system that wastes no natural resources....
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Angrynomics
- Written by: Eric Lonergan, Mark Blyth
- Narrated by: Eric Lonergan, Mark Blyth
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
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While statistics tell us that the vast majority of people are getting steadily richer, the world most of us experience day in and day out feels increasingly uncertain, unfair, and ever more expensive....
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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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Thank You for Being Late
- An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
- Written by: Thomas L. Friedman
- Narrated by: Mr Oliver Wyman
- Length: 19 hrs and 47 mins
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We all sense it - something big is going on. You feel it in your workplace. You feel it when you talk to your children....
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An amazing ‘must-read / listen’ to survive today
- By Tejani Hitesh on 22-01-21
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The Lost Decade
- Written by: Pooja Mehra
- Narrated by: Aditi Thirani
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
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Before the global financial meltdown of 2008, India's economy was thriving and its GDP growth was cruising at an impressive 8.8 percent. The economic boom impacted a large section of Indians, even if unequally....
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The Entrepreneurial State
- Written by: Mariana Mazzucato
- Narrated by: Amy Finegan
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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According to conventional wisdom, innovation is best left to the dynamic entrepreneurs of the private sector, and government should get out of the way. But what if all this was wrong? Find out....
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To the Brink and Back
- India's 1991 Story
- Written by: Jairam Ramesh
- Narrated by: Sanjiv Jhaveri
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
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In 1991 India faced its 'Greece moment': an unprecedented financial crisis against the backdrop of political uncertainty and crumbling investor confidence....
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The Great Disappointment
- How Narendra Modi Squandered a Unique Opportunity to Transform the Indian Economy
- Written by: Salman Anees Soz
- Narrated by: Shahzad Bhiwandiwala
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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Brought into power with the biggest political mandate in almost three decades, did the NDA government succeed in gainfully transforming India's economic trajectory or did it squander a once-in-a-generation opportunity? This book conjectures it is the latter....
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Trade Wars Are Class Wars
- How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace
- Written by: Matthew C. Klein, Michael Pettis
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
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A provocative look at how today's trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests of elites at the expense of workers....
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awesome and breathtaking and definitely insightful
- By Anonymous User on 27-06-20
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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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The Code of Capital
- How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality
- Written by: Katharina Pistor
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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Capital is the defining feature of modern economies, yet most people have no idea where it actually comes from. What is it, exactly, that transforms mere wealth into an asset that automatically creates more wealth? Find out....
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Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
- Written by: Anne Case, Angus Deaton
- Narrated by: Kate Harper
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
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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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Fed Up
- An Insider's Take on Why the Federal Reserve Is Bad for America
- Written 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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House of Debt
- How They (and You) Caused the Great Recession, and How We Can Prevent It From Happening Again
- Written 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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The War on Normal People
- Written by: Andrew Yang
- Narrated by: Andrew Yang
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
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An eye-opening look at how new technologies are erasing millions of jobs before our eyes - and a rallying cry for the urgent steps America must take, including Universal Basic Income, to stabilize our economy....
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Must read for policymakers of all stripes!
- By Vaibhav Jain on 26-05-20
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Animal Spirits
- How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism
- Written by: George A. Akerlof, Robert J. Shiller
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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The global financial crisis has made it painfully clear that powerful psychological forces are imperiling the wealth of nations today....
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Blood Oil
- Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules That Run the World
- Written by: Leif Wenar
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 20 hrs and 27 mins
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Natural resources empower the world's most coercive men. Autocrats like Putin and the Saudis spend oil money on weapons and repression....
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The Price of Inequality
- How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
- Written by: Joseph E. Stiglitz
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
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The top 1 percent of Americans control 40 percent of the nation's wealth. Stiglitz draws on his deep understanding of economics to show that growing inequality is not inevitable....
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The Economics of Inequality
- Written by: Thomas Piketty, Arthur Goldhammer - translator
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
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The Economics of Inequality is the ideal place to start for those who want to understand the fundamental issues at the heart of contemporary economics....
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The Value of Everything
- Makers and Takers in the Global Economy
- Written by: Mariana Mazzucato
- Narrated by: Amy Finegan
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
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At the heart of today's financial and economic crisis is a problem hiding in plain sight. In modern capitalism, value extraction is rewarded more highly than value creation: the productive process that drives a healthy economy and society....
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The Value of Everything
- Who Makes and Who Takes from the Real Economy
- Written by: Mariana Mazzucato
- Narrated by: Randye Kaye
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
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The Value of Everything argues that American companies have for too long been valued according to the amount of wealth they capture for themselves rather than for the value they create for the economy....
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Stronger
- Adapting America's China Strategy in an Age of Competitive Interdependence
- Written by: Ryan Hass
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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Author Ryan Hass examines the US-China relationship that charts a new path for America focusing on its existing advantages....
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Profit Over People
- Neoliberalism & Global Order
- Written by: Noam Chomsky
- Narrated by: Brian Jones
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
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In Profit Over People, Chomsky reveals the roots of the present crisis, tracing the history of neoliberalism....
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Other People's Money
- The Real Business of Finance
- Written by: John Kay
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
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The finance sector of Western economies is too large and attracts too many of the smartest college graduates....
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Financial Turmoil in Europe and the United States
- Written by: George Soros
- Narrated by: Matthew Dudley
- Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
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The dire economic situation we find ourselves in is not a result of economic forces alone, but of the policies pursued, and not pursued, by world leaders....
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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
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No institution, government, or country is “too big to fail.” A behind-the-scenes account of what led to the 2008 crisis - and may soon lead to a bigger one....
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The Economists' Hour
- False Prophets, Free Markets and the Fracture of Society
- Written by: Binyamin Appelbaum
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
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The Economists’ Hour by Binyamin Appelbaum is the biography of a revolution: the story of how economists who believed in the power and the glory of free markets transformed the business of government, the conduct of business and, as a result, the patterns of everyday life....
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The Instant Economist
- Everything You Need to Know About How the Economy Works
- Written by: Timothy Taylor
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
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Economics isn't just about numbers: It's about politics, psychology, history, and so much more. We are all economists....
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What's Luck Got to Do with It?
- How Smarter Government Can Rescue the American Dream
- Written by: Edward D. Kleinbard
- Narrated by: Matthew Josdal
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
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The American dream of equal opportunity is in peril. America's economic inequality is shocking, poverty threatens to become a heritable condition, and our healthcare system is crumbling despite ever increasing costs. In this thought-provoking book, Edward D. Kleinbard demonstrates how the failure to acknowledge the force of brute luck in our material lives exacerbates these crises leading to warped policy choices that impede genuine equality of opportunity for many Americans.
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Why the New Deal Matters
- Written by: Eric Rauchway
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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While certainly flawed in many aspects - the New Deal was implemented by a Democratic Party still beholden to the segregationist South for its majorities in Congress and the Electoral College - the New Deal was instated at a time of mass unemployment and the rise of fascistic government models and functioned as a bulwark of American democracy in hard times. This book looks at how this legacy, both for good and ill, informs the current debates around governmental responses to crises.
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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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Know Your Price
- Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities
- Written by: Andre M. Perry
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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The deliberate devaluation of Blacks and their communities has had very real, far-reaching, and negative economic and social effects. An enduring white supremacist myth claims brutal conditions in Black communities are mainly the result of Black people's collective choices and moral failings. But there is nothing wrong with Black people that ending racism can't solve. Noted educator, journalist, and scholar Andre Perry takes listeners on a tour of six Black-majority cities whose assets and strengths are undervalued.
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Exportismus
- Die deutsche Droge
- Written by: Andreas Nölke
- Narrated by: Simon Diez
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Das deutsche Wirtschaftsmodell ist unausgewogen und hochgradig riskant. Der Grund: Die starke Abhängigkeit von der Droge Exportismus. Andreas Nölke zeigt die aktuellen Gefahren der Exportlastigkeit der deutschen Wirtschaft und liefert ein fulminantes Plädoyer für ein neues Wirtschaftsmodell, das nachhaltiger, stabiler und im globalen Kontext ausgewogener balanciert ist.
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The Waste-Free World
- How the Circular Economy Will Take Less, Make More, and Save the Planet
- Written by: Ron Gonen
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Our take-make-waste economy has cost consumers and taxpayers billions while cheating us out of a habitable planet. But it doesn’t have to be this way. The Waste-Free World makes a persuasive, forward-looking case for a circular economic model, a “closed-loop” system that wastes no natural resources. Entrepreneur, CEO, and sustainability expert Ron Gonen argues that circularity is not only crucial for the planet but holds immense business opportunity.
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What's Luck Got to Do with It?
- How Smarter Government Can Rescue the American Dream
- Written by: Edward D. Kleinbard
- Narrated by: Matthew Josdal
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The American dream of equal opportunity is in peril. America's economic inequality is shocking, poverty threatens to become a heritable condition, and our healthcare system is crumbling despite ever increasing costs. In this thought-provoking book, Edward D. Kleinbard demonstrates how the failure to acknowledge the force of brute luck in our material lives exacerbates these crises leading to warped policy choices that impede genuine equality of opportunity for many Americans.
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Why the New Deal Matters
- Written by: Eric Rauchway
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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While certainly flawed in many aspects - the New Deal was implemented by a Democratic Party still beholden to the segregationist South for its majorities in Congress and the Electoral College - the New Deal was instated at a time of mass unemployment and the rise of fascistic government models and functioned as a bulwark of American democracy in hard times. This book looks at how this legacy, both for good and ill, informs the current debates around governmental responses to crises.
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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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Know Your Price
- Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities
- Written by: Andre M. Perry
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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The deliberate devaluation of Blacks and their communities has had very real, far-reaching, and negative economic and social effects. An enduring white supremacist myth claims brutal conditions in Black communities are mainly the result of Black people's collective choices and moral failings. But there is nothing wrong with Black people that ending racism can't solve. Noted educator, journalist, and scholar Andre Perry takes listeners on a tour of six Black-majority cities whose assets and strengths are undervalued.
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Exportismus
- Die deutsche Droge
- Written by: Andreas Nölke
- Narrated by: Simon Diez
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Das deutsche Wirtschaftsmodell ist unausgewogen und hochgradig riskant. Der Grund: Die starke Abhängigkeit von der Droge Exportismus. Andreas Nölke zeigt die aktuellen Gefahren der Exportlastigkeit der deutschen Wirtschaft und liefert ein fulminantes Plädoyer für ein neues Wirtschaftsmodell, das nachhaltiger, stabiler und im globalen Kontext ausgewogener balanciert ist.
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The Waste-Free World
- How the Circular Economy Will Take Less, Make More, and Save the Planet
- Written by: Ron Gonen
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Our take-make-waste economy has cost consumers and taxpayers billions while cheating us out of a habitable planet. But it doesn’t have to be this way. The Waste-Free World makes a persuasive, forward-looking case for a circular economic model, a “closed-loop” system that wastes no natural resources. Entrepreneur, CEO, and sustainability expert Ron Gonen argues that circularity is not only crucial for the planet but holds immense business opportunity.