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What's happening in global politics? As if overnight, many Democrats revolted and passionately backed a socialist named Bernie Sanders; the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union; the vituperative billionaire Donald Trump became the presidential nominee of the Republican party; and a slew of rebellious parties continued to win elections in Switzerland, Norway, Italy, Austria, and Greece. John B. Judis, one of America's most respected political analysts, tells us why we need to learn about the populist movement.
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1 out of 5 stars
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A slanted piece
- De B. en 02-21-17
De: John B. Judis
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Right Here, Right Now
- Politics and Leadership in the Age of Disruption
- De: Stephen J. Harper
- Narrado por: Stephen J. Harper
- Duración: 6 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 134
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 122
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 122
The world is in flux. Disruptive technologies, ideas, and politicians are challenging business models, norms, and political conventions everywhere. How we, as leaders in business and politics, choose to respond matters greatly. Right Here, Right Now sets out a pragmatic, forward-looking vision for leaders in business and politics by analyzing how economic, social, and public policy trends - including globalized movements of capital, goods, and services, and labor - have affected our economies, communities, and governments.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book on Politics for Canadians AND Americans
- De John Fernandes en 10-19-18
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Forgotten Continent
- The Battle for Latin America’s Soul
- De: Michael Reid
- Narrado por: Gary Dikeos
- Duración: 18 h y 31 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 81
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 66
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 68
Latin America has often been condemned to failure. Neither poor enough to evoke Africa’s moral crusade nor as explosively booming as India and China, it has largely been overlooked by the West. Yet this vast continent, home to half a billion people, the world’s largest reserves of arable land, and 8.5 percent of global oil, is busily transforming its political and economic landscape.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good Reporting / Disorganized Content
- De Steven Schuster en 02-11-12
De: Michael Reid
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China's Economy
- What Everyone Needs to Know®
- De: Arthur R. Kroeber
- Narrado por: Paul Heitsch
- Duración: 11 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 237
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 203
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 200
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, struggling to escape the political turmoil and economic mismanagement of the Mao era. Today it is the world's second biggest economy, the largest manufacturing and trading nation, the consumer of half the world's steel and coal, the biggest source of international tourists, and one of the most influential investors in developing countries from southeast Asia to Africa to Latin America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An interesting insight
- De Cole Peters en 11-28-18
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Globalization and Its Discontents
- De: Joseph E. Stiglitz
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 10 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 78
This powerful, unsettling book gives us a rare glimpse behind the closed doors of global financial institutions by the winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics. When it was first published, this national best-seller quickly became a touchstone in the globalization debate. Renowned economist and Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz had a ringside seat for most of the major economic events of the last decade, including stints as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and chief economist at the World Bank.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Plea
- De Asma en 10-13-20
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Russia's Crony Capitalism
- The Path from Market Economy to Kleptocracy
- De: Anders Aslund
- Narrado por: Roger Clark
- Duración: 12 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
This insightful study explores how the economic system Vladimir Putin has developed in Russia works to consolidate control over the country. By appointing his close associates as heads of state enterprises and by giving control of the FSB and the judiciary to his friends from the KGB, he has enriched his business friends from Saint Petersburg with preferential government deals. Thus, Putin has created a super wealthy and loyal plutocracy that owes its existence to authoritarianism.
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4 out of 5 stars
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great book, so so narration
- De Rob en 05-20-19
De: Anders Aslund
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Why Save the Bankers?
- And Other Essays on Our Economic and Political Crisis
- De: Thomas Piketty, Seth Ackerman - translator
- Narrado por: LJ Ganser
- Duración: 5 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
Thomas Piketty's work has proved that unfettered markets lead to increasing inequality. Without meaningful regulation, capitalist economies will concentrate wealth in an ever smaller number of hands. Armed with this knowledge, democratic societies face a defining challenge: fending off a new aristocracy. For years Piketty has wrestled with this problem in his monthly newspaper column, which pierces the surface of current events to reveal the economic forces underneath.
De: Thomas Piketty, y otros
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Fantasy Island
- Colonialism, Exploitation, and the Betrayal of Puerto Rico
- De: Ed Morales
- Narrado por: Sean Duffy
- Duración: 10 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 98
In Fantasy Island, Ed Morales traces how, over the years, Puerto Rico has served as a colonial satellite, a Cold War Caribbean showcase, a dumping ground for US manufactured goods, and a corporate tax shelter. He also shows how it has become a blank canvas for mercenary experiments in disaster capitalism on the frontlines of climate change, hamstrung by internal political corruption and the US federal government's prioritization of outside financial interests.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Gringo Narrattion
- De shakira julia en 02-08-21
De: Ed Morales
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The Conscience of a Liberal
- De: Paul Krugman
- Narrado por: Jason Culp
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 517
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 251
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 251
America emerged from Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal with strong democratic values and broadly shared prosperity. But for the past 30 years, American politics has been dominated by a conservative movement determined to undermine the New Deal's achievements. Now, the tide may be turning, and in The Conscience of a Liberal Paul Krugman, the world's most widely read economist and one of its most influential political commentators, charts the way to reform.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book!!!
- De carl801 en 12-04-07
De: Paul Krugman
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Putinomics
- Money and Power in Resurgent Russia
- De: Chris Miller
- Narrado por: Traber Burns
- Duración: 8 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 291
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 248
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 249
In Putinomics, Chris Miller examines the making of Russian economic policy since Vladimir Putin took power in 1999. Miller argues that Putin's economic strategy has functioned far more effectively than most Westerners realize. While acknowledging that part of Putin's successes - above all, quadrupling per capita GDP in just a decade and a half - can be attributed to cashing in on high oil prices, Miller details the government policies that have also been fundamental to Russia's growth.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Go find something better
- De Anonymous User en 08-04-21
De: Chris Miller
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Red Flags
- Why Xi's China Is in Jeopardy
- De: George Magnus
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 587
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 487
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 484
Over the past four decades, China's remarkable transformation has garnered admiration but also sparked concern. George Magnus draws on his intimate knowledge of this dynamic nation to uncover the origins of its ascent and show why the economic traps it faces at home and the political challenges it faces abroad pose a serious threat to its continued rise.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A pessimistic vision with western liberal bias
- De Jeronimo L. Jimenez en 10-23-20
De: George Magnus
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The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order
- America and the World in the Free Market Era
- De: Gary Gerstle
- Narrado por: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Duración: 13 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 72
To be sure, neoliberalism has contributed to a number of alarming trends, not least of which has been a massive growth in income inequality. Yet as the eminent historian Gary Gerstle argues in The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order, these indictments fail to reckon with the full contours of what neoliberalism was and why its worldview had such persuasive hold on both the right and the left for three decades.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Cursory, unoriginal, class-blind
- De A Reviewer en 10-24-22
De: Gary Gerstle
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Liberty Lost: American Big Government and the Erosion of the U.S. Constitution
- A Brief History
- De: Michael Dahlen
- Narrado por: Joe Nagle
- Duración: 1 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 22
Nineteenth-century America was the closest thing to pure free-market capitalism that has ever existed. There was no welfare state, no central bank, no deficit spending to speak of, no fiat money, and no income tax for most of the century, and no antitrust laws or federal regulatory agencies until the end of the century. During the 20th century, by contrast, American liberty declined as the size, scope, and power of government exploded. Federal spending, taxes, deficits, and debt have spiraled out of control.
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5 out of 5 stars
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US political/economic evolution explained
- De Jannie Meisberger en 06-25-16
De: Michael Dahlen
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The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
- De: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 22 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,891
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,468
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,444
Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state that could keep the peace and uniform laws that applied to all citizens. Some went on to create governments that were accountable to their constituents. We take these institutions for granted, but they are absent or are unable to perform in many of today’s developing countries—with often disastrous consequences for the rest of the world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Few forests, but lots of trees
- De Steve Pagano en 10-05-15
De: Francis Fukuyama
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A Generation of Sociopaths
- How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America
- De: Bruce Cannon Gibney
- Narrado por: Wayne Pyle
- Duración: 14 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 745
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 647
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 646
What happens when a society is run by people who are antisocial? Welcome to baby boomer America. In A Generation of Sociopaths, Bruce Cannon Gibney shows how America was hijacked by the boomers, a generation whose reckless self-indulgence degraded the foundations of American prosperity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Honest introspection required
- De Niki en 03-31-17
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The Birth of Classical Europe
- A History from Troy to Augustine
- De: Simon Price, Peter Thonemann
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 14 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 142
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 115
To an extraordinary extent we continue to live in the shadow of the classical world. At every level, from languages to calendars to political systems, we are the descendants of a “classical Europe,” using frames of reference created by ancient Mediterranean cultures. As this consistently fresh and surprising new audio book makes clear, however, this was no less true for the inhabitants of those classical civilizations themselves, whose myths, history, and buildings were an elaborate engagement with an already old and revered past - one filled with great leaders and writers....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent overview of the Classical World
- De David I. Williams en 01-12-14
De: Simon Price, y otros
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The Precipice
- Neoliberalism, the Pandemic and the Urgent Need for Social Change
- De: Noam Chomsky, C.J. Polychroniou
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 13 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 56
In The Precipice, Noam Chomsky sheds light into the phenomenon of Trumpism, exposes the catastrophic nature and impact of Trump's policies on people, the environment, and the planet as a whole, and captures the dynamics of the brutal class warfare launched by the masters of capital to maintain and even enhance the features of a dog-eat-dog society to the unprecedented mobilization of millions of people against neoliberal capitalism, racism, and police violence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Of Incalculable Importance
- De Anonymous User en 12-15-21
De: Noam Chomsky, y otros
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Collusion
- How Central Bankers Rigged the World
- De: Nomi Prins
- Narrado por: Ellen Archer
- Duración: 14 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 299
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 258
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 256
In this searing exposé, former Wall Street insider Nomi Prins shows how the 2007-2008 financial crisis turbo-boosted the influence of central bankers and triggered a massive shift in the world order. Packed with tantalizing details about the elite players orchestrating the world economy, Collusion takes the listener inside the most discreet conversations at exclusive retreats like Jackson Hole and Davos. A work of meticulous reporting and bracing analysis, Collusion will change the way we understand the new world of international finance.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Fair history survey, lazy characterizations
- De Philo en 05-09-18
De: Nomi Prins