Bestsellers
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The Big Print
- What Happened to America and How Sound Money Will Fix It
- By: Lawrence Lepard
- Narrated by: Walker America
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Most Americans — and people worldwide — understand that despite our remarkable technological advances, something is deeply wrong with the direction of our country and world.
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Excellent book about the state of the financial system
- By James on 05-24-25
By: Lawrence Lepard
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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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Book is good but contains bias
- By Heinz-Jürgen MacSwain on 01-29-24
By: Adam Tooze
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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
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Tower of Basel
- The Shadowy History of the Secret Bank That Runs the World
- By: Adam LeBor
- Narrated by: John Mawson
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Tower of Basel is the first investigative history of the world's most secretive global financial institution.
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Good listen
- By Fan on 05-18-25
By: Adam LeBor
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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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The Lords of Easy Money
- How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy
- By: Christopher Leonard
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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If you asked most people what forces led to today’s unprecedented income inequality and financial crashes, no one would say the Federal Reserve. For most of its history, the Fed has enjoyed the fawning adoration of the press....
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Pointless book
- By Darrin on 02-23-22
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The Big Print
- What Happened to America and How Sound Money Will Fix It
- By: Lawrence Lepard
- Narrated by: Walker America
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Most Americans — and people worldwide — understand that despite our remarkable technological advances, something is deeply wrong with the direction of our country and world.
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Excellent book about the state of the financial system
- By James on 05-24-25
By: Lawrence Lepard
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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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Overall
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Performance
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Story
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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Book is good but contains bias
- By Heinz-Jürgen MacSwain on 01-29-24
By: Adam Tooze
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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
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Tower of Basel
- The Shadowy History of the Secret Bank That Runs the World
- By: Adam LeBor
- Narrated by: John Mawson
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Tower of Basel is the first investigative history of the world's most secretive global financial institution.
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Good listen
- By Fan on 05-18-25
By: Adam LeBor
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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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The Lords of Easy Money
- How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy
- By: Christopher Leonard
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Story
If you asked most people what forces led to today’s unprecedented income inequality and financial crashes, no one would say the Federal Reserve. For most of its history, the Fed has enjoyed the fawning adoration of the press....
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Pointless book
- By Darrin on 02-23-22
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Capitalism and Its Critics
- A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI
- By: John Cassidy
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Priestly
- Length: 23 hrs and 19 mins
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John Cassidy, a staff writer at The New Yorker and a Pulitzer Prize finalist, delivers a sweeping, dramatic history of capitalism as seen through the eyes of its fiercest critics....
By: John Cassidy
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Technofeudalism
- What Killed Capitalism
- By: Yanis Varoufakis
- Narrated by: Yanis Varoufakis
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Big tech has replaced capitalism's twin pillars—markets and profit—with its platforms and rents. With every click and scroll, we labor like serfs to increase its power....
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The narration is literally the worst.
- By Shakeiad on 09-24-24
By: Yanis Varoufakis
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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
By: Ray Dalio
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Marketcrafters
- The 100-Year Struggle to Shape the American Economy
- By: Chris Hughes
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
- Length: 17 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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A revelatory and unexpected history of the rise of American capitalism—and an argument that entrepreneurial leaders in government, not the mythical “free market,” created the most dynamic economy the world has ever known.
By: Chris Hughes
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Capital in the Twenty-First Century
- By: Thomas Piketty, Arthur Goldhammer - translator
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 24 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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In Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty analyzes a unique collection of data from 20 countries, ranging as far back as the 18th century, to uncover key economic and social patterns....
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The Financial Times' Critique Doesn't Detract
- By Madeleine on 05-22-14
By: Thomas Piketty, and others
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Misbehaving
- The Making of Behavioral Economics
- By: Richard H. Thaler
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Richard H. Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central agents in the economy are humans - predictable, error-prone individuals....
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Great book if it's your first about Behav. Econ
- By Jay Friedman on 09-30-15
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The Smartest Guys in the Room
- The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
- By: Bethany McLean
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 22 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive volume on Enron's amazing rise and scandalous fall, from an award-winning team of Fortune investigative reporters....
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An excellent book, but with a missing chapter
- By Augustus T. White on 03-07-12
By: Bethany McLean
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The Shock Doctrine
- The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
- By: Naomi Klein
- Narrated by: Jennifer Wiltsie
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Abridged
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The bestselling author of No Logo shows how the global "free market" has exploited crises and shock for three decades, from Chile to Iraq....
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If It's Bad for Humanity, It's Good for Business
- By Nelson Alexander on 09-29-07
By: Naomi Klein
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Economics in One Lesson
- By: Henry Hazlitt
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Called by H.L. Mencken, "one of the few economists in history who could really write," Henry Hazlitt achieved lasting fame for this brilliant but concise work....
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The truth about Economics
- By Captain Amazing! on 02-01-03
By: Henry Hazlitt
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Too Big to Fail
- The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
- By: Andrew Ross Sorkin
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 21 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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A real-life thriller about the most tumultuous period in America's financial history by an acclaimed New York Times reporter....
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Best Book About Meltdown
- By Chuck on 12-08-09
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1493
- Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
- By: Charles C. Mann
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 17 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed radically different suites of plants and animals....
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Fascinating Mindbending History.
- By Betsy Powel on 12-19-11
By: Charles C. Mann
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When McKinsey Comes to Town
- The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm
- By: Walt Bogdanich, Michael Forsythe
- Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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An explosive, deeply reported exposé of McKinsey & Company, the international consulting firm that advises corporations and governments, that highlights the often drastic impact of its work on employees and citizens around the world....
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Shows systemic problems in McKinsey's culture
- By GA on 10-15-22
By: Walt Bogdanich, and others
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The Rational Optimist
- How Prosperity Evolves
- By: Matt Ridley
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Life is getting better at an accelerating rate. The pessimists insist that we will reach a turning point and things will get worse. But they have been saying this for 200 years....
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Personal
- By Robert F. Jones on 09-15-17
By: Matt Ridley
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The Road to Serfdom, the Definitive Edition
- Text and Documents
- By: F. A. Hayek, Bruce Caldwell - editor
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Originally publishing in 1944, The Road to Serfdom was seen as heretical for its passionate warning against the dangers of state control over the means of production....
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Hayek's case for individualism over collectivism
- By Wayne on 10-27-18
By: F. A. Hayek, and others
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Utopia for Realists
- How We Can Build the Ideal World
- By: Rutger Bregman
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Universal basic income. A 15-hour workweek. Open borders. Does it sound too good to be true? One of Europe's leading young thinkers shows how we can build an ideal world today....
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Doesn't address the real question
- By Jen on 07-06-19
By: Rutger Bregman
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Against the Gods
- The Remarkable Story of Risk
- By: Peter L. Bernstein
- Narrated by: Mike Fraser
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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In this unique exploration of the role of risk in our society, Peter Bernstein argues that the notion of bringing risk under control is one of the central ideas that distinguishes modern times from the distant past.
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Glad it finally got here
- By bda31175 on 10-16-21
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Transaction Man
- The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream
- By: Nicholas Lemann
- Narrated by: Chris Ciulla, Nicholas Lemann
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Over the last generation, stable US institutions have given way to frictionless transactions, which are celebrated no matter what collateral damage they generate. The concentration of great wealth has coincided with the fraying of social ties and the rise of inequality....
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Maybe the title's an overreach? Excellent though!
- By JJ HUNSECKER on 09-20-19
By: Nicholas Lemann
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Palo Alto
- A History of California, Capitalism, and the World
- By: Malcolm Harris
- Narrated by: Patrick Harrison
- Length: 28 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Palo Alto’s weather is temperate, its people are educated and enterprising, its corporations are spiritually and materially ambitious and demonstrably world-changing....
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Yes, it's Marxist. it's also good.
- By Alex halladay on 02-15-23
By: Malcolm Harris
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SuperFreakonomics
- By: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- Narrated by: Stephen J. Dubner
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Levitt and Dubner return with Superfreakonomics, and fans and newcomers alike will find that the freakquel is even bolder, funnier, and more surprising than the first....
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Just ok. Not sure if I believe it all though.
- By Duane Touchet on 10-31-09
By: Steven D. Levitt, and others
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The Price of Peace
- Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes
- By: Zachary D. Carter
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 22 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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At the dawn of World War I, a young academic named John Maynard Keynes hastily folded his long legs into the sidecar of his brother-in-law’s motorcycle for an odd, frantic journey that would change the course of history....
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A must read for post COVID-19 crisis
- By Amazon Customer on 06-02-20
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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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California Burning
- The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric—and What It Means for America's Power Grid
- By: Katherine Blunt
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Pacific Gas and Electric was a legacy company built by innovators and visionaries, establishing California as a desirable home and economic powerhouse. In California Burning, Wall Street Journal reporter and Pulitzer finalist Katherine Blunt examines how that legacy fell apart....
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Best book I've read this year.
- By Constance L. Gehrt on 10-21-23
By: Katherine Blunt
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The Broken Heart of America
- St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States
- By: Walter Johnson
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell
- Length: 15 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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A searing portrait of the racial dynamics that lie inescapably at the heart of our nation, told through the turbulent history of the city of St. Louis....
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Sad & True,With Fascinating Facts of St.Louis Past
- By Ron G on 04-26-20
By: Walter Johnson
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Crack-Up Capitalism
- Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy
- By: Quinn Slobodian
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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In a revelatory dispatch from the frontier of capitalist extremism, an acclaimed historian of ideas shows how free marketeers are realizing their ultimate goal: an end to nation-states and the constraints of democracy....
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Insightful read/listening
- By Ernie on 04-17-25
By: Quinn Slobodian
New releases
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Capitalism and Its Critics
- A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI
- By: John Cassidy
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Priestly
- Length: 23 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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At a time when artificial intelligence, climate change, and inequality are raising fundamental questions about the economic system, Capitalism and Its Critics provides a kaleidoscopic history of global capitalism, from the East India Company to Apple. But here John Cassidy, a staff writer at The New Yorker and a Pulitzer Prize finalist, adopts a bold new approach: he tells the story through the eyes of the system’s critics.
By: John Cassidy
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Mellon vs. Churchill
- The Untold Story of Treasury Titans at War
- By: Jill Eicher
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Andrew Mellon, one of the most accomplished businessmen of his era, is almost unknown today. To this shy, diffident (but brilliant) man fell the daunting task of collecting the war debts from European governments still devastated by WWI and struggling to recover economically. Dealing with the US Congress and the heads of foreign governments on the world stage became one of the great adventures of his life. Mellon vs. Churchill presents Winston Churchill through a different lens, focusing on his service as Chancellor of the Exchequer when Great Britain was the largest debtor to the US.
By: Jill Eicher
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Empty Vessel
- The Story of the Global Economy in One Barge
- By: Ian Kumekawa
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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What do a barracks for British troops in the Falklands War, a floating jail off the Bronx, and temporary housing for VW factory workers in Germany have in common? The Balder Scapa: a single barge that served all three roles. Though the name would eventually change to Finnboda 12. And then to Safe Esperia. And later on, to the Bibby Resolution. And after that . . . in short, a vessel with so many names, and so many fates, that to keep it in our sights—as the protagonist of this fascinating economic parable—Ian Kumekawa has no choice but to call it, simply, the Vessel.
By: Ian Kumekawa
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Reshore
- How Tariffs Will Bring Our Jobs Home and Revive the American Dream
- By: Spencer Morrison
- Narrated by: Ward Paxton
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Drive through rural America and you’ll see small town after small town empty and decaying. As you drive past the abandoned manufacturing plants and shuttered Victorian homes once inhabited by its workers and executives, you can picture what the town was like forty years ago. A thriving community where the company president and assembly line worker went to the same church and whose children went to the same school.
By: Spencer Morrison
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Bitcoin Rising: The New Gold Standard in Decentralized Finance
- By: J. R. Glenn
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Bitcoin Rising: The New Gold Standard in Decentralized Finance By J. R. Glenn In a world where financial systems are shifting and digital innovation is reshaping economies, Bitcoin is emerging as more than just a cryptocurrency—it’s becoming the new gold standard of decentralized finance. Bitcoin Rising offers readers a deep dive into the revolutionary potential of Bitcoin, exploring its origins, use cases, and future role in the global economy. With insightful analysis and real-world case studies, J. R. Glenn unpacks how Bitcoin compares to traditional assets like gold, why it's ...
By: J. R. Glenn
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COVID WARS
- America’s Struggle Over Public Health and Personal Freedom
- By: Ronald Gruner
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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A sweeping, deeply researched chronicle of the COVID-19 pandemic, weaving together science, politics, and personal freedoms. Ronald Gruner, with the precision of a historian and the curiosity of a citizen, takes the listener from the roots of virology in the 19th century to the chaotic pandemic years of 2020–2022. The book doesn’t just tell the story of a virus—it lays bare the cultural and political divide that shaped America’s uneven and often painful response. Gruner’s writing is crisp, and he breaks down complex topics without dumbing them down.
By: Ronald Gruner
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Capitalism and Its Critics
- A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI
- By: John Cassidy
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Priestly
- Length: 23 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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At a time when artificial intelligence, climate change, and inequality are raising fundamental questions about the economic system, Capitalism and Its Critics provides a kaleidoscopic history of global capitalism, from the East India Company to Apple. But here John Cassidy, a staff writer at The New Yorker and a Pulitzer Prize finalist, adopts a bold new approach: he tells the story through the eyes of the system’s critics.
By: John Cassidy
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Mellon vs. Churchill
- The Untold Story of Treasury Titans at War
- By: Jill Eicher
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Andrew Mellon, one of the most accomplished businessmen of his era, is almost unknown today. To this shy, diffident (but brilliant) man fell the daunting task of collecting the war debts from European governments still devastated by WWI and struggling to recover economically. Dealing with the US Congress and the heads of foreign governments on the world stage became one of the great adventures of his life. Mellon vs. Churchill presents Winston Churchill through a different lens, focusing on his service as Chancellor of the Exchequer when Great Britain was the largest debtor to the US.
By: Jill Eicher
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Empty Vessel
- The Story of the Global Economy in One Barge
- By: Ian Kumekawa
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Story
What do a barracks for British troops in the Falklands War, a floating jail off the Bronx, and temporary housing for VW factory workers in Germany have in common? The Balder Scapa: a single barge that served all three roles. Though the name would eventually change to Finnboda 12. And then to Safe Esperia. And later on, to the Bibby Resolution. And after that . . . in short, a vessel with so many names, and so many fates, that to keep it in our sights—as the protagonist of this fascinating economic parable—Ian Kumekawa has no choice but to call it, simply, the Vessel.
By: Ian Kumekawa
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Reshore
- How Tariffs Will Bring Our Jobs Home and Revive the American Dream
- By: Spencer Morrison
- Narrated by: Ward Paxton
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Drive through rural America and you’ll see small town after small town empty and decaying. As you drive past the abandoned manufacturing plants and shuttered Victorian homes once inhabited by its workers and executives, you can picture what the town was like forty years ago. A thriving community where the company president and assembly line worker went to the same church and whose children went to the same school.
By: Spencer Morrison
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Bitcoin Rising: The New Gold Standard in Decentralized Finance
- By: J. R. Glenn
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Bitcoin Rising: The New Gold Standard in Decentralized Finance By J. R. Glenn In a world where financial systems are shifting and digital innovation is reshaping economies, Bitcoin is emerging as more than just a cryptocurrency—it’s becoming the new gold standard of decentralized finance. Bitcoin Rising offers readers a deep dive into the revolutionary potential of Bitcoin, exploring its origins, use cases, and future role in the global economy. With insightful analysis and real-world case studies, J. R. Glenn unpacks how Bitcoin compares to traditional assets like gold, why it's ...
By: J. R. Glenn
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COVID WARS
- America’s Struggle Over Public Health and Personal Freedom
- By: Ronald Gruner
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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A sweeping, deeply researched chronicle of the COVID-19 pandemic, weaving together science, politics, and personal freedoms. Ronald Gruner, with the precision of a historian and the curiosity of a citizen, takes the listener from the roots of virology in the 19th century to the chaotic pandemic years of 2020–2022. The book doesn’t just tell the story of a virus—it lays bare the cultural and political divide that shaped America’s uneven and often painful response. Gruner’s writing is crisp, and he breaks down complex topics without dumbing them down.
By: Ronald Gruner