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In A Splendid Exchange, William J. Bernstein tells the extraordinary story of global commerce from its prehistoric origins to the myriad controversies surrounding it today. He transports listeners from ancient sailing ships that brought the silk trade from China to Rome in the second century to the rise and fall of the Portuguese monopoly in spices in the 16th.

For years, Matt’s been unpacking the events, people, and culture wars shaping the world around us. On A Bit Fruity, we take deeper dives into those issues — joined by celebrities, experts, and journalists who help us laugh and learn along the way. Follow Matt: https://www.instagram.com/mattxiv Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MattBernstein1

The Pulitzer Prize-winning coauthor of All the President’s Men - the chronicle of the investigative report about the Watergate break-in and resultant political scandal that led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation - recalls his formative years as a teenage newspaper reporter in JFK’s Washington - a tale of adventures, scrapes, clever escapes, and the opportunity of a lifetime.

The current school system churns out millions of illiterates and mental zombies—but here's how we're going to fix it, starting today. Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, parents across the nation grapple with a new and horrifying understanding of just how bad our educational system has become. It all adds up to a system that seems hopelessly, terribly, and irrevocably broken.

The Education of John Adams is the first biography of John Adams by a biographer with legal training. It examines his origins in colonial Massachusetts, his education, and his struggle to choose a career and define a place for himself in colonial society.

Americans are understandably squeamish about official racial and ethnic classifications. Nevertheless, applying for a job, mortgage, university, citizenship, government contracts, and more involves checking a box stating whether one is Black, White, Asian, Hispanic, or Native American. In an increasingly diverse society with high rates of intergroup marriage, the American system of racial classification is getting even more absurd. Classified argues that the time has come to consider abolishing official racial classification and replace it with the separation of race and state.

Thomas Jefferson designed his own tombstone, describing himself simply as "Author of the Declaration of Independence and of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia". It is in this simple epitaph that R. B. Bernstein finds the key to this enigmatic Founder - not as a great political figure, but as leader of "a revolution of ideas that would make the world over again". In Thomas Jefferson, Bernstein offers the definitive short biography of this revered American - the first concise life in six decades. Bernstein deftly synthesizes the massive scholarship on his subject into a swift, insightful, evenhanded account.

Throughout Al's 40-year career, he's called some of the greatest fights in boxing history. Al Bernstein Unplugged: On Boxing gives Al and co-host Trip Mitchell an open platform to discuss some of the great fights, as well as the newest information in the greatest sport in the world. Interviews with fighters, both past and present, promoters, and sportscasters that gives the audience a unique perspective that no one but Al Bernstein can provide.

Hamilton: The Energetic Founder is a brief introduction to the life, thought, work, and legacy of Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), but it is not a traditional biography. Public curiosity about Hamilton, his life, and his work has swelled, particularly among those intrigued by popular-culture portrayals in the Broadway musical Hamilton: An American Musical. This book presents a summary of Hamilton's life and explores his role in revolution, constitutionalism, economics, diplomacy, and war, as well as his relationship to honor culture and dueling. The epilogue considers Hamilton's legacies.

How much government control is too much control? How much can government spend? How can government influence the level of unemployment? As Bernstein shows how to navigate an ever-changing economic landscape, his timeless insights throughout this audiobook make The Price of Prosperity as vital and important today as when it appeared in an environment fundamentally different from our own.

In this brand new series, join us to discuss and debate key investment controversies, together with what is top of mind and trending in the news with those who are in the know. In each episode, one of our Bernstein Research Analysts will share insights into their industrial strength research and sector fundamentals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Winners Circle is a sports-based podcast hosted by Max Bernstein, who alongside his co-host Josh Riesenberg talks about everything going on in the wide world of sports.

Der Trading-Treff-Podcast ist ein weiteres Format der Trading-Treff Media GmbH, bei dem Trader zu Wort kommen und im Finanz-Talk sich selbst und ihre Strategien vorstellen. Hier bekommen Sie spannende Inhalte direkt auf's Ohr, vor allem aus dem privaten Bereich. Denn der Finanzmarkt ist am Ende zwar ein Haifischbecken, doch nicht nur voller Haie :-)

Im Podcast "FIT4FINANZEN" profitierst Du von meiner 25-jährigen Erfahrung an den Finanzmärkten und der dabei erarbeiteten Herangehensweise an die Themen Geldanlage, Trading und Börsenhandel. Begleite mich in den folgenden Episoden bei der Erkundung neuer Themenbereiche, dem Austausch mit Interviewpartnern aus der Finanz-, Motivations- und Sport-Szene sowie der Dokumentation meiner Erfahrungen. Nur in einem gesunden Körper kann ein ein gesunder Geist die richtigen Entscheidungen treffen und seine Ziele diszipliniert umsetzen - darin möchte ich Dich bestärken!

Eduard Bernstein was a social-democratic politician and Marxist theorist. He had a deep knowledge of all of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’ work, but was also willing to criticize certain aspects of their political theories and generate counter theories and solutions. In What Marx Really Taught, a short letter penned by Bernstein in 1897, he discusses indeed how valuable Engels was in terms of the creation of the Marxist idea, but also discussed mistakes made by both he and Marx, in their later publications.

"In Hollywood, It's Hillary vs. Bernie" is from the April 9, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Jacob Bernstein and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Drivers with Head Shots: The New Side Job for the Creative Class in Los Angeles" is from the Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Jacob Bernstein and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"The Disrupters: Making New York's Cultural Boards More Diverse" is from the July 29, 2016 Lifetstyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Jacob Bernstein and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"My Headphones, My Self" is from the December 09, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Jacob Bernstein and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Where Laughter Raised the Funds, and the Roof" is from the June 08, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Jacob Bernstein and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.