Local Economics

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    • The Clandestine Art and Practical Science of Building Local Economies
    • By: Don Allen Holbrook
    • Narrated by: Chaz Allen
    • Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 05-21-13
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • This book has been inspirational to countless economic developers. Includes the comments and guidance of more than 50 of the world's best and brightest....

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    • Local Politics and Inequality in American Cities
    • By: Jessica Trounstine
    • Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel
    • Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 02-09-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • Segregation by Design draws on more than 100 years of quantitative and qualitative data from thousands of American cities to explore how local governments generate race and class segregation....

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    • A Modern History
    • By: Michael Hiltzik
    • Narrated by: Traber Burns
    • Length: 19 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 09-30-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 56 ratings
    • As America struggles with an economic debacle akin to the Great Depression, nothing could be timelier than an authoritative account of the New Deal....

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    • A History of Trade Politics in America
    • By: C. Donald Johnson
    • Narrated by: David Stifel
    • Length: 27 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 02-05-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • Ambassador C. Donald Johnson's The Wealth of a Nation is an authoritative history of the politics of trade in America from the Revolution to the Trump era....

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    • Steps to an Economics of Happiness
    • By: Helena Norberg-Hodge
    • Narrated by: Roxi Davis
    • Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 07-06-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • 'Local is Our Future' by Helena Norberg-Hodge connects the dots between our social, economic, ecological and spiritual crises, revealing how a systemic shift from global to local can address these seemingly disparate problems simultaneously....

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    • Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy
    • By: Rebecca Burgess
    • Narrated by: Tia Rider
    • Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 11-09-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 55 ratings
    • A new "farm-to-closet" vision for the clothes we wear - by a leader in the movement for local textile economies....

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    • How Local Economies Can Thrive Again
    • By: Marcus Greenfield
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 10-21-24
    • Language: English
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    • Discover a revolutionary perspective on economic prosperity in "The De-Globalization Advantage: How Local Economies Can Thrive Again." This ...

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    • By: G.C. Jones
    • Narrated by: Kirk Winkler
    • Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 07-27-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • G.C. "Red" Jones' classic memoir of growing up in rural eastern Kentucky during the Depression is a story of courage, persistence, and eventual triumph....

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    • Practical Knowledge for Restarting Your Life in the Only English Speaking Country South of the Border
    • By: Barrett Williams, ChatGPT ChatGPT
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 04-21-24
    • Language: English
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    • Introducing "Rebooting in Belize", an invigorating exploration of the tropical paradise of Belize that is set to guide you through the keys to a ...

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    • A Rogue Sociologist Lost and Found in New York's Underground Economy
    • By: Sudhir Venkatesh
    • Narrated by: Sudhir Venkatesh
    • Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 09-12-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 193 ratings
    • New York is a city of highs and lows, where wealthy elites share the streets with desperate immigrants and destitute locals....

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    • The Making of Things and the End of Globalization
    • By: Finbarr Livesey
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
    • Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 09-19-17
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • This brilliantly original book dismantles the underlying assumptions that drive the decisions made by companies and governments throughout the world....

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    • How Taxes and Government Spending Work | 4th Grade Children's Government Books
    • By: Baby Professor
    • Narrated by: Carmyn Block
    • Length: 11 mins
    • Release date: 06-29-21
    • Language: English
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    • How do taxes work? How do governments collect and spend them? Lean the ways of the government through this informative audiobook for kids....

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    • A Tale of Obsession, Betrayal, and the Battle for an American Icon
    • By: Mitchell Pacelle
    • Narrated by: Dan Cashman
    • Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 06-28-02
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 35 ratings
    • The Empire State Building is an icon as immediately recognizable as the Eiffel Tower or the Taj Mahal...

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    • The Story of the Standard Oil Refinery Fire of 1955
    • By: John Hmurovic
    • Narrated by: Alan Blazek
    • Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 01-06-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Whiting, Indiana Saturday, August 27, 1955 Sunrise, 6:11 a.m. Its 80 degrees in the shade, and most of the city's residents are still trying to sleep off an airless, oppressive night....

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    • How to Deal with Local, State, National, or Foreign Governments - and Come Out Ahead
    • By: Jeswald Salacuse
    • Narrated by: Milton Bagby
    • Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 09-28-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Almost everyone has faced the frustrating task of negotiating with a local, state, national, or foreign government at some point in their lives....

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    • Life, Death, and Rebirth in an Idaho Mining Town
    • By: Julie Whitesel Weston
    • Narrated by: Cindy Piller
    • Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 01-05-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • Kellogg in the late 1940s and 50s was a typical American small town complete with high school football and basketball teams, marching band, and anti-Communist clubs....

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    • Colorado Oil Shale (Mining the American West)
    • By: Andrew Gulliford
    • Narrated by: J. Bruce McRell
    • Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 08-22-22
    • Language: English
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    • Boomtown Blues examines the remarkable 100-year history of oil shale development and chronicles the social, environmental, and financial havoc created by the industry's continual cycles of boom and bust....

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