Bestsellers
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Unhumans
- The Secret History of Communist Revolutions (And How to Crush Them)
- By: Jack Posobiec, Joshua Lisec
- Narrated by: Chase Macdonald
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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If you don’t understand communist revolutions, you aren’t ready for what’s coming. The old rules are over. The old order is over. Accusations are evidence. Activism means bigotry and hate. Criminals are allowed to roam free. Citizens are locked up.
By: Jack Posobiec, and others
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I Will Teach You to Be Rich
- No Guilt. No Excuses. No B.S. Just a 6-Week Program That Works (Second Edition)
- By: Ramit Sethi
- Narrated by: Ramit Sethi
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Money expert Ramit Sethi offers no-holds-barred advice for managing your finances in this effective six-week program.
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Repetitive - should be retitled.
- By Truth on 06-20-19
By: Ramit Sethi
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Caste (Oprah's Book Club)
- The Origins of Our Discontents
- By: Isabel Wilkerson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions....
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Brilliant, articulate, highly listenable.
- By GM on 08-05-20
By: Isabel Wilkerson
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Hillbilly Elegy
- A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- By: J. D. Vance
- Narrated by: J. D. Vance
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis - that of white working-class Americans....
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In Mamaw's Contradictions Lay Great Wisdom
- By Cynthia on 11-20-16
By: J. D. Vance
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
- Why Nations Succeed or Fail
- By: Ray Dalio
- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb, Ray Dalio
- Length: 16 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order examines history’s most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those we’ve experienced in our lifetimes....
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Ray Dalio, Chinas New Minister of Propoganda
- By Dudley on 01-04-22
By: Ray Dalio
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Chip War
- The Quest to Dominate the World's Most Critical Technology
- By: Chris Miller
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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You may be surprised to learn that microchips are the new oil—the scarce resource on which the modern world depends. Today, military, economic, and geopolitical power are built on a foundation of computer chips....
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Great history, but could poor narration
- By Lily Wong on 10-26-22
By: Chris Miller
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Unhumans
- The Secret History of Communist Revolutions (And How to Crush Them)
- By: Jack Posobiec, Joshua Lisec
- Narrated by: Chase Macdonald
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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If you don’t understand communist revolutions, you aren’t ready for what’s coming. The old rules are over. The old order is over. Accusations are evidence. Activism means bigotry and hate. Criminals are allowed to roam free. Citizens are locked up.
By: Jack Posobiec, and others
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I Will Teach You to Be Rich
- No Guilt. No Excuses. No B.S. Just a 6-Week Program That Works (Second Edition)
- By: Ramit Sethi
- Narrated by: Ramit Sethi
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Money expert Ramit Sethi offers no-holds-barred advice for managing your finances in this effective six-week program.
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Repetitive - should be retitled.
- By Truth on 06-20-19
By: Ramit Sethi
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Caste (Oprah's Book Club)
- The Origins of Our Discontents
- By: Isabel Wilkerson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions....
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Brilliant, articulate, highly listenable.
- By GM on 08-05-20
By: Isabel Wilkerson
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Hillbilly Elegy
- A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- By: J. D. Vance
- Narrated by: J. D. Vance
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis - that of white working-class Americans....
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In Mamaw's Contradictions Lay Great Wisdom
- By Cynthia on 11-20-16
By: J. D. Vance
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
- Why Nations Succeed or Fail
- By: Ray Dalio
- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb, Ray Dalio
- Length: 16 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order examines history’s most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those we’ve experienced in our lifetimes....
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Ray Dalio, Chinas New Minister of Propoganda
- By Dudley on 01-04-22
By: Ray Dalio
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Chip War
- The Quest to Dominate the World's Most Critical Technology
- By: Chris Miller
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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You may be surprised to learn that microchips are the new oil—the scarce resource on which the modern world depends. Today, military, economic, and geopolitical power are built on a foundation of computer chips....
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Great history, but could poor narration
- By Lily Wong on 10-26-22
By: Chris Miller
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The Wages of Destruction
- The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
- By: Adam Tooze
- Narrated by: Adam Tooze, Simon Vance
- Length: 30 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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An extraordinary mythology has grown up around the Third Reich that hovers over political and moral debate even today. Adam Tooze's controversial book challenges the conventional economic interpretations of that period....
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Ties the story together in an amazing way
- By Philo on 08-23-21
By: Adam Tooze
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Evil Geniuses
- The Unmaking of America: A Recent History
- By: Kurt Andersen
- Narrated by: Kurt Andersen
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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When did America give up on fairness? The author of Fantasyland tells the epic history of how America decided that big business gets whatever it wants, only the rich get richer, and nothing should ever change - and charts a way back to the future....
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History through a far left lens
- By Josh on 09-03-20
By: Kurt Andersen
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Basic Economics, Fifth Edition
- A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 28 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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In this fifth edition of Basic Economics, Thomas Sowell revises and updates his popular book on commonsense economics, bringing the world into clearer focus through a basic understanding of the fundamental economic principles and how they explain our lives....
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Can’t believe how fascinating this book was.
- By Sarah W. on 03-05-24
By: Thomas Sowell
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The Bitcoin Standard
- The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking
- By: Saifedean Ammous
- Narrated by: James Fouhey
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Bitcoin Standard analyzes the historical context to the rise of Bitcoin, the economic properties that have allowed it to grow quickly, and its likely economic, political, and social implications....
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Less Bitcoin, more old Austrian Economics Vendetta
- By Brian Considine on 07-19-19
By: Saifedean Ammous
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Financial Literacy for All
- Disrupting Struggle, Advancing Financial Freedom, and Building a New American Middle Class
- By: John Hope Bryant
- Narrated by: Jeremy (Midnite) Michael Durm
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Acting as a critical pillar for those seeking to build a rock-solid financial foundation, Financial Literacy for All is a must-have book for working professionals, blue-collar workers, members of young families, and established businesspeople looking for a better, more secure future.
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the voice
- By K. Bain on 05-21-24
By: John Hope Bryant
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Principles of Economics
- By: Saifedean Ammous
- Narrated by: Saifedean Ammous
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Principles of Economics is a university-level textbook in economics that offers a clear and concise exploration of the most important economic concepts....
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I was already a fan of the Austrian school
- By PublicName on 10-13-23
By: Saifedean Ammous
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Think and Grow Rich
- By: Napoleon Hill
- Narrated by: Russ Williams
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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"Think and Grow Rich" is a motivational personal development and selfhelp audiobook written by Napoleon Hill and inspired by a suggestion from...
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Great narration of one of the greatest books ever written
- By wasim on 04-29-18
By: Napoleon Hill
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Revenge of the Tipping Point
- Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand new volume that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light.
By: Malcolm Gladwell
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Titan
- The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
- By: Ron Chernow
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 35 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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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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He makes Bill Gates look like a Pauper!
- By Rick on 11-04-13
By: Ron Chernow
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Poverty, by America
- By: Matthew Desmond
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy....
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A testimonial based on facts and witness
- By Alonzo Nightjar on 03-27-23
By: Matthew Desmond
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Invisible Women
- Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
- By: Caroline Criado Perez
- Narrated by: Caroline Criado Perez
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Celebrated feminist advocate Caroline Criado Perez investigates the shocking root cause of gender inequality and research in Invisible Women, diving into women's lives at home, the workplace, the public square, the doctor's office, and more....
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A statistical fire hose
- By B. Andresen on 09-11-19
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Second Class
- How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women
- By: Batya Ungar-Sargon
- Narrated by: Batya Ungar-Sargon
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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In Second Class, working-class Americans of all races, political orientations, and occupations share their stories—cleaning ladies, health care aides, cops, truck drivers, fast food workers, electricians, and more.
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Freakonomics
- Revised Edition
- By: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- Narrated by: Stephen J. Dubner
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives: how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing....
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Good, but be careful
- By Shackleton on 07-03-08
By: Steven D. Levitt, and others
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Broken Money
- Why Our Financial System Is Failing Us and How We Can Make It Better
- By: Lyn Alden
- Narrated by: Guy Swann
- Length: 17 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Broken Money explores the history of money through the lens of technology. Politics can affect things temporarily and locally, but technology is what drives things forward globally and permanently....
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Started great but ended up being mostly about Bitcoin
- By CARLOS MAD on 01-21-24
By: Lyn Alden
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Look Again
- The Power of Noticing What Was Always There
- By: Tali Sharot, Cass R. Sunstein
- Narrated by: Imani Jade Powers, Byron Wagner
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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As easy as it is to stop noticing what is most wonderful in our lives, it’s also possible to stop noticing what is terrible. People get used to dirty air. They become unconcerned by their own misconduct, blind to inequality, and are more liable to believe misinformation than ever before.
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Great beginning, didn’t quite stick the landing
- By Jacob on 03-27-24
By: Tali Sharot, and others
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How the World Ran Out of Everything
- Inside the Global Supply Chain
- By: Peter S. Goodman
- Narrated by: Michael David Axtell
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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In How the World Ran Out of Everything, award-winning journalist Peter S. Goodman reveals the fascinating innerworkings of our supply chain and the factors that have led to its constant, dangerous vulnerability.
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Eye opening !!!!!
- By Adam X on 06-27-24
By: Peter S. Goodman
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Barbarians at the Gate
- The Fall of RJR Nabisco
- By: Bryan Burrough, John Helyar
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 22 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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A number-one New York Times best seller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the classic account of the fall of RJR Nabisco....
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Timeless.
- By Jeremy Repanich on 07-22-23
By: Bryan Burrough, and others
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Good Strategy/Bad Strategy
- The Difference and Why It Matters
- By: Richard Rumelt
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Developing and implementing a strategy is the central task of a leader. A good strategy is a specific and coherent response to - and approach for - overcoming the obstacles to progress. A good strategy works by harnessing and applying power where it will have the greatest effect....
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Good but thin
- By G. London on 01-04-20
By: Richard Rumelt
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Among the Bros
- A Fraternity Crime Story
- By: Max Marshall
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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A brilliant young investigative journalist traces a murder and a multi-million-dollar drug ring, leading to an unprecedented look at elite American fraternity life....
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Great Book-Not so great reading
- By Hannah Earp on 11-30-23
By: Max Marshall
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Bad Blood
- Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
- By: John Carreyrou
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the next Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup “unicorn” promised to revolutionize the medical industry with its breakthrough device....
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Extreme retaliation against former employees
- By LEE on 05-29-18
By: John Carreyrou
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The Black Swan, Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility"
- Incerto, Book 2
- By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was....
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Interesting, but over the top
- By Anonymous User on 08-08-19
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Predictably Irrational
- The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
- By: Dan Ariely
- Narrated by: Simon Jones
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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In a series of illuminating, often surprising experiments, MIT behavioral economist Dan Ariely refutes the common assumption that we behave in fundamentally rational ways....
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Good lessons, mediocre science?
- By William Stanger on 02-24-09
By: Dan Ariely
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The Sovereign Individual
- Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
- By: James Dale Davidson, Peter Thiel - preface, William Rees-Mogg
- Narrated by: Michael David Axtell
- Length: 19 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the best seller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for prosperity and renewal in the face of radical changes in human history as we move into the next century....
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Unfortunately distopian for mosty of humanity
- By Phil on 09-29-20
By: James Dale Davidson, and others
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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
New releases
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Second Class
- How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women
- By: Batya Ungar-Sargon
- Narrated by: Batya Ungar-Sargon
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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In Second Class, working-class Americans of all races, political orientations, and occupations share their stories—cleaning ladies, health care aides, cops, truck drivers, fast food workers, electricians, and more. In their own words, these working-class Americans explain the struggles and triumphs of their increasingly precarious lives—as well as what policies they think would improve them.
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Crypto the Disruptor
- Rise of Money from Barter to Bitcoin
- By: Mukesh Jindal
- Narrated by: Anuj Datta
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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The Indian crypto market has experienced an exponential surge in the past few years and become a vehicle to get rich quickly. However, what exactly is crypto? How did we reach the crypto stage—a decentralized system of finance—from the barter system? Crypto the Disruptor answers these and other such penetrating questions as it traces the history of money and the global economy.
By: Mukesh Jindal
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Unhumans
- The Secret History of Communist Revolutions (And How to Crush Them)
- By: Jack Posobiec, Joshua Lisec
- Narrated by: Chase Macdonald
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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If you don’t understand communist revolutions, you aren’t ready for what’s coming. The old rules are over. The old order is over. Accusations are evidence. Activism means bigotry and hate. Criminals are allowed to roam free. Citizens are locked up. An appetite for vengeance is unleashed—to deplatform, debank, destroy. This is the daily news, yet none of it’s new. Patterns from the past make sense of our present. They also foretell a terrifying future we might be condemned to endure.
By: Jack Posobiec, and others
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The Quiet Coup
- Neoliberalism and the Looting of America
- By: Mehrsa Baradaran
- Narrated by: Seena Ghaznavi
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Some have claimed that the neoliberal era is behind us. Baradaran shows that such thinking is misguided. Neoliberalism is a failed economic idea—it doesn't, in fact, create more wealth or more freedom. But it has been successful nevertheless, by seizing the courts and enabling our age of crypto fraud, financial instability, and accelerating inequality.
By: Mehrsa Baradaran
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We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky
- The Seductive Promise of Microfinance
- By: Mara Kardas-Nelson
- Narrated by: Nene Nwoko
- Length: 17 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Mara Kardas-Nelson's We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky is a story about unintended consequences, blind optimism, and the decades-long ramifications of seemingly small policy choices. The book is rooted in the stories of women borrowers in Sierra Leone, West Africa, whose narratives are set against the rise of Yunus's vision that tiny loans would "put poverty in museums," as well as a deep history of modern international development.
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The Corporation and the Twentieth Century
- The History of American Business Enterprise
- By: Richard N. Langlois
- Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby
- Length: 31 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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The twentieth century was the managerial century in the United States. An organizational transformation, from entrepreneurial to managerial capitalism, brought forth what became a dominant narrative: that administrative coordination by trained professional managers is essential to the efficient running of organizations both public and private. And yet if managerialism was the apotheosis of administrative efficiency, why did both its practice and the accompanying narrative lie in ruins by the end of the century?
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Second Class
- How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women
- By: Batya Ungar-Sargon
- Narrated by: Batya Ungar-Sargon
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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In Second Class, working-class Americans of all races, political orientations, and occupations share their stories—cleaning ladies, health care aides, cops, truck drivers, fast food workers, electricians, and more. In their own words, these working-class Americans explain the struggles and triumphs of their increasingly precarious lives—as well as what policies they think would improve them.
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Crypto the Disruptor
- Rise of Money from Barter to Bitcoin
- By: Mukesh Jindal
- Narrated by: Anuj Datta
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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The Indian crypto market has experienced an exponential surge in the past few years and become a vehicle to get rich quickly. However, what exactly is crypto? How did we reach the crypto stage—a decentralized system of finance—from the barter system? Crypto the Disruptor answers these and other such penetrating questions as it traces the history of money and the global economy.
By: Mukesh Jindal
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Unhumans
- The Secret History of Communist Revolutions (And How to Crush Them)
- By: Jack Posobiec, Joshua Lisec
- Narrated by: Chase Macdonald
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Performance
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If you don’t understand communist revolutions, you aren’t ready for what’s coming. The old rules are over. The old order is over. Accusations are evidence. Activism means bigotry and hate. Criminals are allowed to roam free. Citizens are locked up. An appetite for vengeance is unleashed—to deplatform, debank, destroy. This is the daily news, yet none of it’s new. Patterns from the past make sense of our present. They also foretell a terrifying future we might be condemned to endure.
By: Jack Posobiec, and others
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The Quiet Coup
- Neoliberalism and the Looting of America
- By: Mehrsa Baradaran
- Narrated by: Seena Ghaznavi
- Length: 17 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Some have claimed that the neoliberal era is behind us. Baradaran shows that such thinking is misguided. Neoliberalism is a failed economic idea—it doesn't, in fact, create more wealth or more freedom. But it has been successful nevertheless, by seizing the courts and enabling our age of crypto fraud, financial instability, and accelerating inequality.
By: Mehrsa Baradaran
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We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky
- The Seductive Promise of Microfinance
- By: Mara Kardas-Nelson
- Narrated by: Nene Nwoko
- Length: 17 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Mara Kardas-Nelson's We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky is a story about unintended consequences, blind optimism, and the decades-long ramifications of seemingly small policy choices. The book is rooted in the stories of women borrowers in Sierra Leone, West Africa, whose narratives are set against the rise of Yunus's vision that tiny loans would "put poverty in museums," as well as a deep history of modern international development.
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The Corporation and the Twentieth Century
- The History of American Business Enterprise
- By: Richard N. Langlois
- Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby
- Length: 31 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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The twentieth century was the managerial century in the United States. An organizational transformation, from entrepreneurial to managerial capitalism, brought forth what became a dominant narrative: that administrative coordination by trained professional managers is essential to the efficient running of organizations both public and private. And yet if managerialism was the apotheosis of administrative efficiency, why did both its practice and the accompanying narrative lie in ruins by the end of the century?
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The Robber Barons
- By: Matthew Josephson
- Narrated by: Jason Smith
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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The Robber Barons is a seminal work by Matthew Josephson, originally published in 1934. It provides a detailed and critical examination of the influential industrialists and financiers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States, often referred to as the "Robber Barons." Josephson delves into the lives and business practices of figures such as John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and others, exploring their rise to power, consolidation of wealth, and their impact on American society and economy.
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Starving Billionaires: The History of Inflation and HyperInflation
- How Governments and People Battled the Last 10 Great Inflations
- By: Kendrick Fernandez
- Narrated by: Dave Wright
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The reality of hyperinflations is exponential price increases, worthless currency, and food shortages. They are normally preceded by war, revolution, famine, or pandemics. In some cases, they are the results of decades of fiscal malpractice. Inflation has become a prominent subject of discussion in the United States and across the world. There have been dozens of recorded hyperinflations in modern history. This book looks at ten prominent hyperinflations across history. We look at what led to the hyperinflation, the first troubling signs, and government malpractices.
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Competitive Strategy
- Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors
- By: Michael E. Porter
- Narrated by: Scott R. Pollak
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
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Now nearing its 60th printing in English and translated into 19 languages, Michael E. Porter's Competitive Strategy has transformed the theory, practice, and teaching of business strategy throughout the world.
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The Pyramid Scam That Changed Crypto
- By: John E. Cornish III
- Narrated by: J Sean Jensen
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
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The collapse of USI Tech sent shockwaves through the cryptocurrency community, exposing the dangers of unchecked ambition, and highlighting the need for greater transparency and accountability in the industry. But amidst the wreckage, there are lessons to be learned and truths to be uncovered.
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Why The Left Is Right
- The Sociology Of An Ideology
- By: Dustin Hartley
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
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Dustin Hartley argues a strong case for liberalism. Are we bogged down by ideology? Or is having a political leaning perhaps a good thing? The thesis of this book is that there are very good reasons -- moral, economic, and sociological -- for being a liberal.
By: Dustin Hartley
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Burnt by Democracy
- Youth, Inequality, and the Erosion of Civic Life
- By: Jacqueline Kennelly
- Narrated by: Emily Schwing
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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Burnt by Democracy traces the political ascendance of neoliberalism and its effects on youth. The book explores democracy and citizenship as described in interviews with over forty young people–ages 16 to 30–who have either experienced homelessness or identify as an activist, living in five liberal democracies: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
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Why Nudge?: The Politics of Libertarian Paternalism
- The Storrs Lectures
- By: Cass R. Sunstein
- Narrated by: William Hope
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
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Based on a series of pathbreaking lectures given at Yale University in 2012, this powerful, thought-provoking work by national best-selling author Cass R. Sunstein combines legal theory with behavioral economics to make a fresh argument about the legitimate scope of government, bearing on obesity, smoking, distracted driving, health care, food safety, and other highly volatile, high-profile public issues.
By: Cass R. Sunstein
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Making Sense of Chaos
- A Better Economics for a Better World
- By: J. Doyne Farmer
- Narrated by: J. Doyne Farmer
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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Many books have been written about Doyne Farmer and his pioneering work in chaos and complexity theory. Making Sense of Chaos is the first in his own words, presenting a manifesto for doing economics better. In a tale of science and ideas, Farmer fuses his profound knowledge with stories from his life to explain how to harness a scientific revolution to address the economic conundrums facing society.
By: J. Doyne Farmer
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The DeFi Revolution
- Where It Started and Where It's Going
- By: Nicolin Decker
- Narrated by: David Piper
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
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The DeFi Revolution by Nicolin Decker provides an in-depth look at the emerging world of decentralized finance (DeFi) and its profound impact with an array of applications. Listeners are awakened to the paradigm shift from traditional, centralized financial systems to a revolutionary decentralized model empowered by blockchain technology, offering everyone the freedom of open, inter-operable, and permission-less financial services.
By: Nicolin Decker
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Made in India: 75 Years of Business and Enterprise
- By: Amitabh Kant
- Narrated by: Uplaksh Kochhar
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
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This is a groundbreaking account of the development of Indian business and enterprise from the colonial period to the present. It not only introduces listeners to formative business leaders (including Jamsetji Tata, Ghanshyam Das Birla and Walchand Hirachand Doshi) and leading firms (Wadia Group, Kirloskar Brothers Limited and Shapoorji Pallonji) but also analyses their presence in the country’s economy, their growth over time and their true impact on society.
By: Amitabh Kant
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Environomics
- How the Green Economy is Transforming Your World
- By: Dharshini David
- Narrated by: Sophie Roberts
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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In this vibrant and eye-opening book, economist and broadcaster Dharshini David follows the course of an average day to reveal the green changes that are already taking place in every aspect of our world. Exploring industries such as energy, food, fashion, technology, manufacturing and finance, she asks what is happening, how quickly, who is driving it all and what it means for us.
By: Dharshini David
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Can You Spare Some Change
- By: M Livingston
- Narrated by: Siobhan Bremer
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
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The purpose of the book is to shed light on the pervasive and systemic issue of poverty that plagues societies around the world. Its primary aim is to foster a deep understanding and consciousness among listeners regarding the multifaceted nature of poverty, its far-reaching consequences, and the urgent need for action. By delving into the intricate nuances of poverty, the book endeavors to ignite a spark of empathy and compassion within individuals, compelling them to view poverty not as an abstract concept, but as a tangible reality that demands attention and intervention.
By: M Livingston