Global Economic History

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    • When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself
    • By: Richard D. Wolff
    • Narrated by: Rick Adamson
    • Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 06-29-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 62 ratings
    • The coronavirus pandemic, the deepening economic crash, dangerously divisive political responses, and exploding social tensions have thrown an already declining American capitalist system into a tailspin. The consequences of these mounting and intertwined crises will shape our future....

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    • How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace
    • By: Matthew C. Klein, Michael Pettis
    • Narrated by: Bob Souer
    • Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 05-19-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 226 ratings
    • A provocative look at how today's trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests of elites at the expense of workers....

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    • How America Weaponized the World Economy
    • By: Henry Farrell, Abraham Newman
    • Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
    • Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 09-12-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 32 ratings
    • A deeply researched investigation that reveals how the United States is like a spider at the heart of an international web of surveillance and control, which it weaves in the form of globe-spanning networks such as fiber optic cables and obscure payment systems....

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    • A Warning to the Global Middle Class
    • By: Joel Kotkin
    • Narrated by: Traber Burns
    • Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 12-01-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 492 ratings
    • Following a remarkable epoch of greater dispersion of wealth and opportunity, we are inexorably returning towards a more feudal era marked by greater concentration of wealth and property, reduced upward mobility, demographic stagnation, and increased dogmatism....

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    • Bretton Woods, 1944: J. M. Keynes and the Reshaping of the Global Economy
    • By: Ed Conway
    • Narrated by: Ralph Lister
    • Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 02-17-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 89 ratings
    • The meeting of world leaders at Bretton Woods in 1944 was the only time countries from around the world agreed to overhaul the structure of the international monetary system....

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    • A Historical Analysis of Protectionism
    • By: Alexander Masters
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 06-20-25
    • Language: English
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    • For centuries, tariffs have been at the center of economic policy, shaping industries, influencing trade agreements, and fueling international ...

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    • Belt and Road, BRICS, and the Revival of China’s Tributary System A Historical Comparison with Rome and Its Modern Implications
    • By: Eric Engle
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 04-02-25
    • Language: English
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    • Decode the Secrets of China's Global Strategy —Before It's Too Late!China’s growing influence is reshaping global power dynamics—are you ...

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    • A hard-hitting, expertly researched autopsy of the global financial system built on illusion, inflation, and institutional denial.
    • By: Southerland Publishing
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 06-08-25
    • Language: English
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    • What happens when money loses meaning and debt replaces discipline? The Ponzi Dollar: How Fiat Currency Bankrupted the World delivers a hard-...

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    • The User's Guide
    • By: Ha-Joon Chang
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
    • Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 08-24-21
    • Language: English
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    • Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chang brilliantly debunked many of the predominant myths of neoclassical economics. Now, in an entertaining and accessible primer, he explains how the global economy actually works - in real-world terms....

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    • The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World
    • By: Peter Zeihan
    • Narrated by: Peter Zeihan, Roy Worley
    • Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 03-03-20
    • Language: English
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    • Should we stop caring about fading regional powers like China, Russia, Germany, and Iran? Will the collapse of international cooperation push France, Turkey, Japan, and Saudi Arabia to the top of international concerns? Find out more....

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    • A Global History
    • By: Sven Beckert
    • Narrated by: Jim Frangione
    • Length: 20 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 12-02-14
    • Language: English
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    • Sven Beckert's rich, fascinating audiobook tells the story of how European entrepreneurs and powerful statesmen recast the world's most significant manufacturing industry....

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    • The Untold Story of How the Global Economic and Security Order Is Shaping Up for the 21st Century
    • By: Keidi Awadu
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 02-15-25
    • Language: English
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    • How is the global economic order shaping up for the 21st Century? Today we are forced to consider how the average working family might prepare for ...

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    • The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else
    • By: Chrystia Freeland
    • Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
    • Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 10-29-12
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 230 ratings
    • There has always been some gap between rich and poor in this country, but in the last few decades what it means to be rich has changed dramatically....

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    • A Global History of Financial Bubbles
    • By: William Quinn, John D. Turner
    • Narrated by: Roger Clark
    • Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 06-29-21
    • Language: English
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    • Why do stock and housing markets sometimes experience amazing booms followed by massive busts, and why is this happening more and more frequently? In order to answer these questions, William Quinn and John D. Turner take us on a riveting ride through the history of financial bubbles....

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