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A brilliant investigative narrative: How six average Soviet men rose to the pinnacle of Russia's battered economy. David Hoffman, former Moscow bureau chief for

The Washington Post, sheds light onto the hidden lives of Russia's most feared power brokers: the oligarchs. Focusing on six of these ruthless men Hoffman reveals how a few players managed to take over Russia's cash-strapped economy and then divvy it up in loans-for-shares deals.

Andy Puzder, the former CEO of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, says that "capitalism" is not a dirty word, and thankfully President Trump understands this; his pro-business policies will bring back economic growth and secure our future. As a successful CEO in the restaurant industry, Andy Puzder...

It’s the Middle Class, Stupid! confirms what we have all suspected: Washington and Wall Street have really screwed things up for the average American. Work has been devalued. Education costs are out of sight. Effort and ambition have never been so scantily rewarded. Political guru James...

Transformations in Portugal and Brazil followed the discovery of gold in Brazil's hinterland and the hinterland's subsequent settlement. Although earlier conquests and evangelizations had incorporated new lands and peoples into the monarchy, royal officials now argued that the extraction of gold and the imperatives of rivalry and commerce demanded new approaches to governance. Using archival records of royal and local administrations, Kirsten Schultz shows how the eighteenth-century Portuguese crown came to define and defend Brazil as a "colony" that would reinvigorate Portuguese power.

For decades now wealth and power have been shifting from states to markets. This experiment has been a failure for all but a privileged few. But this trend is beginning to reverse, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has seen the state play the most direct and positive role in citizens’ everyday lives in living memory. Graeme Garrard makes a powerful case for the state as our only realistic hope of countering the rising power of multinational corporations, organized crime, and international organizations that will always put their own interests first.

"The Choices That Led Small Business Owners to Wealth" is from the Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Paul Sullivan and narrated by Paul Ryden.

"How Wealth Plays into Politics at a Personal Level" is from the US section of The New York Times. It was written by Anand Giridharadas and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Barclays to Sell Singapore and Hong Kong Wealth Management Business" is from the April 07, 2016, Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Chad Bray and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"South Sudan Leaders Amass Great Wealth as Nation Suffers, Report Says" is from the September 12, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rick Gladstone and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"New Strategy to Close Wealth Gap: Rewrite the Rules" is from the November 06, 2016 The Upshot section of The New York Times. It was written by Neil Irwin and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.