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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Walter A. Friedman
    • Narrated by: Steve Menasche
    • Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 11-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • This volume explores the variety of business enterprise in the United States and analyzes its presence in the country's economy, its evolution over time, and its meaning in society....

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    • The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
    • By: Patrick Radden Keefe
    • Narrated by: Patrick Radden Keefe
    • Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 04-13-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 9,068 ratings
    • The prize-winning and best-selling author of Say Nothing presents a grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin....

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    • Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
    • By: Jon Gertner
    • Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
    • Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 04-13-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,040 ratings
    • In The Idea Factory, New York Times Magazine writer Jon Gertner reveals how Bell Labs served as an incubator for scientific innovation from the 1920s through the 1980s....

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    • A History of Corporations
    • By: William Magnuson
    • Narrated by: Dan Woren
    • Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 11-08-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 71 ratings
    • A history of how corporate innovation has shaped society, from ancient Rome to Silicon Valley....

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    • An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
    • By: Ron Chernow
    • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
    • Length: 34 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 12-30-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3,369 ratings
    • Winner of the National Book Award and now considered a classic, The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about an American banking dynasty....

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    • The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America
    • By: Christopher Leonard
    • Narrated by: Jacques Roy
    • Length: 23 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 08-13-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 743 ratings
    • Christopher Leonard’s Kochland uses the extraordinary account of how the biggest private company in the world grew to be that big to tell the story of modern corporate America....

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    • A Trading Savant, a Global Manhunt, and the Most Mysterious Market Crash in History
    • By: Liam Vaughan
    • Narrated by: Liam Vaughan
    • Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 05-12-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 469 ratings
    • A real-life financial thriller, Flash Crash uncovers the remarkable, behind-the-scenes narrative of a mystifying market crash, a globe-spanning investigation into international fraud, and the man at the center of them both....

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    • The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
    • By: Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe
    • Narrated by: Anderson Cooper
    • Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 09-21-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5,903 ratings
    • New York Times best-selling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times best-selling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to chronicle the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty - his mother’s family, the Vanderbilts....

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    • Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams
    • By: Michael D'Antonio
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
    • Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 01-17-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 107 ratings
    • Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael D'Antonio gives us the real-life rags-to-riches story of Milton S. Hershey, a largely uneducated businessman whose idealistic sense of purpose created an immense financial empire, a town, and a legacy that lasts to this day....

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    • The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
    • By: T.J. Stiles
    • Narrated by: Mark Deakins
    • Length: 28 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 04-21-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,458 ratings
    • A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism. Founder of a dynasty, builder of the original Grand Central, creator of an impossibly vast fortune, Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt is an American icon....

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    • Battle-Tested Lessons for Leaders and Entrepreneurs from History's Greatest Rivalries
    • By: David Brown
    • Narrated by: David Brown
    • Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 04-13-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 120 ratings
    • Based on the chart-topping Business Wars podcast, stories and lessons from history’s greatest business rivalries. Using Chinese military genius Sun Tzu’s strategies as a guide, Brown examines why some companies triumph while others crumble....

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    • The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
    • By: William Dalrymple
    • Narrated by: Sid Sagar
    • Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 10-17-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,212 ratings
    • The Anarchy tells the remarkable story of how one of the world’s most magnificent empires disintegrated and came to be replaced by a dangerously unregulated private company....

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    • The Bankers Who Broke the World
    • By: Liaquat Ahamed
    • Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
    • Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 04-13-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,667 ratings
    • Offering a new understanding of the global nature of financial crises, Lords of Finance is a potent reminder of the enormous impact that the decisions of central bankers can have....

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    • The Hidden History of the Cowboy West
    • By: Christopher Knowlton
    • Narrated by: John McLain
    • Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 01-05-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 136 ratings
    • The Open Range cattle era lasted barely a quarter-century, but it left America irrevocably changed. Cattle Kingdom reveals the truth of how the West rose and fell, and how its legacy defines us today....

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    • An American History
    • By: Tom Nicholas
    • Narrated by: Bob Souer
    • Length: 13 hrs
    • Release date: 12-03-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 71 ratings
    • A major exploration of venture financing, from its origins in the whaling industry to Silicon Valley, that shows how venture capital created an epicenter for the development of high-tech innovation....

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    • The Dark and Twisted Beginnings of the Brand Names We Know and Love
    • By: Matt MacNabb
    • Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
    • Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 12-28-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • A Secret History of Brands cuts through the rumors and urban legends and paints a picture of the true dark history of famous brands, like Coca-Cola, Hugo Boss, Adidas, Ford, Bayer, Chanel, and BMW among others....

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    • The Only Difference Between Success and Failure
    • By: Grant Cardone
    • Narrated by: Grant Cardone
    • Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 07-19-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 47,368 ratings
    • Ready to take massive action? Change your life and reach any goal with the 10X Rule by Grant Cardone. Never settle again.

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    • Money's Prophets: 1798-1848
    • By: Niall Ferguson
    • Narrated by: Alexander Adams
    • Length: 28 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 01-15-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 270 ratings
    • In his rich and nuanced portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family, Oxford scholar and best-selling author Niall Ferguson uncovers the secrets behind the family's phenomenal economic success....

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    • By: Sun Tzu
    • Narrated by: Aidan Gillen
    • Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
    • Release date: 03-31-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 42,059 ratings
    • The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu....

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    • By: George S. Clason
    • Narrated by: Grover Gardner
    • Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 12-30-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 26,686 ratings
    • George S. Clason uses parables set in ancient Babylon to guide listeners towards financial success in this business classic.

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