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Power and Progress
- Our Thousand-Year Struggle over Technology and Prosperity
- By: Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
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Throughout history, technological change — whether it takes the form of agricultural improvements in the Middle Ages, the Industrial Revolution, or today’s artificial intelligence — has been viewed as a main driver of prosperity, working in the public interest.
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A different take on Technology’s impact
- By Ricardo Ernst on 07-23-23
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Power and Progress
- Our Thousand-Year Struggle over Technology and Prosperity
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 05-16-23
- Language: English
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Throughout history, technological change — whether it takes the form of agricultural improvements in the Middle Ages, the Industrial Revolution, or today’s artificial intelligence — has been viewed as a main driver of prosperity, working in the public interest.
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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
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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
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The Sovereign Individual
- Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
- Narrated by: Michael David Axtell
- Length: 19 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 01-14-20
- Language: English
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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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Open Veins of Latin America
- Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
- By: Eduardo Galeano, Isabel Allende - Foreward
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America....
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Please up-date the addition
- By fishrock on 02-20-10
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Open Veins of Latin America
- Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 10-06-09
- Language: English
- Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America....
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Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises
- By: Ray Dalio
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Ray Dalio, the legendary investor and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Principles—whose books have sold more than five million copies worldwide—shares his unique template for how debt crises work and principles for dealing with them well....
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Interesting book
- By Mark on 02-06-23
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Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises
- Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 12-06-22
- Language: English
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Ray Dalio, the legendary investor and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Principles—whose books have sold more than five million copies worldwide—shares his unique template for how debt crises work and principles for dealing with them well....
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The Genius of Israel
- The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World
- By: Dan Senor, Saul Singer
- Narrated by: Dan Senor
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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Why do Israelis have among the world’s highest life expectancies and lowest rates of “deaths of despair” from suicide and substance abuse? Why is Israel’s population young and growing while all other wealthy democracies are aging and shrinking?....
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The richness of the Israeli culture and the brilliance of the IDF.
- By Jandee Camozzi on 12-06-23
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The Genius of Israel
- The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World
- Narrated by: Dan Senor
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 11-07-23
- Language: English
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Why do Israelis have among the world’s highest life expectancies and lowest rates of “deaths of despair” from suicide and substance abuse? Why is Israel’s population young and growing while all other wealthy democracies are aging and shrinking?....
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When to Rob a Bank
- ...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants
- By: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- Narrated by: Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. Levitt, Erik Bergmann
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the landmark Freakonomics, comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the world....
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this book is free on the blog and podcast.
- By S on 05-12-15
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When to Rob a Bank
- ...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants
- Narrated by: Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. Levitt, Erik Bergmann
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 05-05-15
- Language: English
- To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the landmark Freakonomics, comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the world....
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The Deficit Myth
- Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
- By: Stephanie Kelton
- Narrated by: Stephanie Kelton
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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Stephanie Kelton's brilliant exploration of modern monetary theory (MMT) dramatically changes our understanding of how we can best deal with crucial issues ranging from poverty and inequality to creating jobs....
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Good core idea, ruined by polemics
- By Amaze on 06-25-20
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The Deficit Myth
- Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
- Narrated by: Stephanie Kelton
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 06-09-20
- Language: English
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Stephanie Kelton's brilliant exploration of modern monetary theory (MMT) dramatically changes our understanding of how we can best deal with crucial issues ranging from poverty and inequality to creating jobs....
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Panic!
- The Story of Modern Financial Insanity
- By: Michael Lewis
- Narrated by: Blair Hardman, Jesse Boggs
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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A masterful account of today's money culture, showing how the underpricing of risk leads to catastrophe....
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Good - But you need to know what you are getting.
- By Cash on 01-03-09
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Panic!
- The Story of Modern Financial Insanity
- Narrated by: Blair Hardman, Jesse Boggs
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 12-17-08
- Language: English
- A masterful account of today's money culture, showing how the underpricing of risk leads to catastrophe....
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Adrift
- America in 100 Charts
- By: Scott Galloway
- Narrated by: Scott Galloway
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
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From bestselling author and NYU business school professor Scott Galloway comes an urgent examination of the future of our nation—and how we got here....
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Quick & Informative
- By W. Carillion on 10-06-22
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Adrift
- America in 100 Charts
- Narrated by: Scott Galloway
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 09-27-22
- Language: English
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From bestselling author and NYU business school professor Scott Galloway comes an urgent examination of the future of our nation—and how we got here....
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Winners Take All
- The Elite Charade of Changing the World
- By: Anand Giridharadas
- Narrated by: Anand Giridharadas
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
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Former New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas takes us into the inner sanctums of a new gilded age, where the rich and powerful fight for equality and justice any way they can--except ways that threaten the social order and their position atop it....
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Profound.
- By Amazon Customer on 10-10-18
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Winners Take All
- The Elite Charade of Changing the World
- Narrated by: Anand Giridharadas
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 08-28-18
- Language: English
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Former New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas takes us into the inner sanctums of a new gilded age, where the rich and powerful fight for equality and justice any way they can--except ways that threaten the social order and their position atop it....
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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
- By: Walter Rodney, Angela Y. Davis - foreword
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Powerfully introduced by Angela Davis, this is the classic work of political, economic, and historical analysis by Walter Rodney, Guyanese intellectual and leading thinker and activist of the anticolonial revolution....
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A Superb must read for everyone
- By Joy on 04-16-19
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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 10-23-18
- Language: English
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Powerfully introduced by Angela Davis, this is the classic work of political, economic, and historical analysis by Walter Rodney, Guyanese intellectual and leading thinker and activist of the anticolonial revolution....
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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
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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
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The Wages of Destruction
- The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
- Narrated by: Adam Tooze, Simon Vance
- Length: 30 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 08-03-21
- Language: English
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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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Nickel and Dimed
- On (Not) Getting By in America
- By: Barbara Ehrenreich
- Narrated by: Cristine McMurdo-Wallis
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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This engrossing piece of undercover reportage has been a fixture on the New York Times best seller list since its publication....
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Good concept, but poor execution.
- By Marco Forcone on 08-24-04
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Nickel and Dimed
- On (Not) Getting By in America
- Narrated by: Cristine McMurdo-Wallis
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 08-13-04
- Language: English
- This engrossing piece of undercover reportage has been a fixture on the New York Times best seller list since its publication....
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Men Without Work
- America's Invisible Crisis
- By: Nicholas Eberstadt
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
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Political economist Nicholas Eberstadt shows that while "unemployment" has gone down, America's work rate is also lower today than a generation ago....
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Why can some healthy, able-bodied men, not work?
- By Jerremy Morgan on 05-04-20
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Men Without Work
- America's Invisible Crisis
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 07-11-17
- Language: English
- Political economist Nicholas Eberstadt shows that while "unemployment" has gone down, America's work rate is also lower today than a generation ago....
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Fantasyland
- How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History
- By: Kurt Andersen
- Narrated by: Kurt Andersen
- Length: 19 hrs and 35 mins
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A razor-sharp thinker offers a new understanding of our post-truth world and explains the American instinct to believe in make-believe, from the Pilgrims to P. T. Barnum to Disneyland....
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Bland Title For An Amazing Book!
- By David Larson on 09-07-17
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Fantasyland
- How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History
- Narrated by: Kurt Andersen
- Length: 19 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 09-05-17
- Language: English
- A razor-sharp thinker offers a new understanding of our post-truth world and explains the American instinct to believe in make-believe, from the Pilgrims to P. T. Barnum to Disneyland....
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Start-Up Nation
- The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
- By: Dan Senor, Saul Singer
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
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Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and more stable nations....
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Interesting and worth the time
- By Nili on 12-10-09
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Start-Up Nation
- The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 11-02-09
- Language: English
- Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and more stable nations....
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Nomadland
- Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
- By: Jessica Bruder
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
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Jessica Bruder follows an RVer, Linda, between physically taxing seasonal jobs and reunions of her new van-dweller family, or "vanily"....
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Eccentric Hobby? No--Survival Skills!
- By Gillian on 03-07-18
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Nomadland
- Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 09-26-17
- Language: English
- Jessica Bruder follows an RVer, Linda, between physically taxing seasonal jobs and reunions of her new van-dweller family, or "vanily"....
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Sold Out
- How Broken Supply Chains, Surging Inflation, and Political Instability Will Sink the Global Economy
- By: James Rickards
- Narrated by: James Rickards
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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From the man who predicted the worst economic crisis in US history comes Jim Rickards’ second prediction—the collapse of our global economy....
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Hard to like this. Book is really Dull.
- By horoscopy on 12-06-22
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Sold Out
- How Broken Supply Chains, Surging Inflation, and Political Instability Will Sink the Global Economy
- Narrated by: James Rickards
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 12-06-22
- Language: English
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From the man who predicted the worst economic crisis in US history comes Jim Rickards’ second prediction—the collapse of our global economy....
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Selling in a Crisis
- 55 Ways to Stay Motivated and Increase Sales in Volatile Times
- By: Jeb Blount
- Narrated by: Jeb Blount
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
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In Selling in a Crisis, the world's most sought-after sales trainer Jeb Blount delivers an essential blueprint for staying motivated, keeping your pipeline full, increasing sales, retaining your customers, and advancing your career in times of uncertainty and change....
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Great Read!
- By Anonymous User on 11-09-22
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Selling in a Crisis
- 55 Ways to Stay Motivated and Increase Sales in Volatile Times
- Narrated by: Jeb Blount
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 11-08-22
- Language: English
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In Selling in a Crisis, the world's most sought-after sales trainer Jeb Blount delivers an essential blueprint for staying motivated, keeping your pipeline full, increasing sales, retaining your customers, and advancing your career in times of uncertainty and change....
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Capitalism in America
- A History
- By: Alan Greenspan, Adrian Wooldridge
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
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From the legendary former Fed Chairman and the acclaimed Economist writer and historian, the full, epic story of America's evolution from a small patchwork of threadbare colonies to the most powerful engine of wealth and innovation the world has ever seen....
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Explains a lot
- By Scott on 02-18-19
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Capitalism in America
- A History
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 10-16-18
- Language: English
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From the legendary former Fed Chairman and the acclaimed Economist writer and historian, the full, epic story of America's evolution from a small patchwork of threadbare colonies to the most powerful engine of wealth and innovation the world has ever seen....
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