Economic Conditions in Economics & Business & Finance Audiobooks

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Nickel and Dimed

On (Not) Getting By in America

by Barbara Ehrenreich ...

Narrated by Cristine McMurdo-Wallis ...

Unabridged

8 hours 14 min

This engrossing piece of undercover reportage is a New York Times best-seller. With nearly a million copies in print, Nickel and Dimed is a modern classic that deftly portrays the plight of America's working-class poor. Author Barbara Ehrenreich decides to see if she can scratch out a comfortable living in blue-collar America. What she discovers is a culture of desperation, where workers often ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This engrossing piece of undercover reportage is a New York Times best-seller. With nearly a million copies in print, Nickel and Dimed is a modern classic that deftly portrays the plight of America's working-class poor. Author Barbara Ehrenreich decides to see if she can scratch out a comfortable living in blue-collar America. What she discovers is a culture of desperation, where workers often
... Read more
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The Sovereign Individual

Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

by James Dale Davidson, Lord William Rees-Mogg ...

Narrated by Michael David Axtell ...

Unabridged

19 hours 20 min

Now featuring a new preface by Peter ThielTwo renowned investment advisors and authors of the bestseller 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.The Sovereign Individual details strategies necessary for adapting financially to the next phase of Western ... Read more

$34.99 USD

Now featuring a new preface by Peter ThielTwo renowned investment advisors and authors of the bestseller 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.The Sovereign Individual details strategies necessary for adapting financially to the next phase of Western
... Read more
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The New Great Depression

Winners and Losers in a Post-Pandemic World

by James Rickards ...

Narrated by James Rickards ...

Unabridged

5 hours 27 min

A Wall Street Journal and National Bestseller!The man who predicted the worst economic crisis in US history shows you how to survive it.The current crisis is not like 2008 or even 1929. The New Depression that has emerged from the COVID pandemic is the worst economic crisis in U.S. history. Most fired employees will remain redundant. Bankruptcies will be common, and banks will buckle under the ... Read more

$15.99 USD

A Wall Street Journal and National Bestseller!The man who predicted the worst economic crisis in US history shows you how to survive it.The current crisis is not like 2008 or even 1929. The New Depression that has emerged from the COVID pandemic is the worst economic crisis in U.S. history. Most fired employees will remain redundant. Bankruptcies will be common, and banks will buckle under the
... Read more
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Time for Socialism

Dispatches from a World on Fire, 2016-2021

by Thomas Piketty ...

Narrated by L.J. Ganser ...

Unabridged

8 hours 2 min

A chronicle of recent events that have shaken the world, from the author of Capital in the Twenty-First CenturyAs a correspondent for the French newspaper Le Monde, world-renowned economist Thomas Piketty has documented the rise and fall of Trump, the drama of Brexit, Emmanuel Macron’s ascendance to the French presidency, the unfoldingof a global pandemic, and much else besides, always from the ... Read more

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A chronicle of recent events that have shaken the world, from the author of Capital in the Twenty-First CenturyAs a correspondent for the French newspaper Le Monde, world-renowned economist Thomas Piketty has documented the rise and fall of Trump, the drama of Brexit, Emmanuel Macron’s ascendance to the French presidency, the unfoldingof a global pandemic, and much else besides, always from the
... Read more
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How to Listen When Markets Speak

Risks, Myths, and Investment Opportunities in a Radically Reshaped Economy

by Lawrence G. McDonald ...

Narrated by James Patrick Robinson ...

Unabridged

11 hours 1 min

A New York Times bestselling author and leading expert on market risk argues that seismic shifts in the global economy will trigger a multi-trillion-dollar migration of wealth, outlining new rules of investing for the forward-thinking.“I can’t tell you how much I learned from How to Listen When Markets Speak. The historical perspectives and insights are something every investor needs to know. Buy ... Read more

$22.99 USD

A New York Times bestselling author and leading expert on market risk argues that seismic shifts in the global economy will trigger a multi-trillion-dollar migration of wealth, outlining new rules of investing for the forward-thinking.“I can’t tell you how much I learned from How to Listen When Markets Speak. The historical perspectives and insights are something every investor needs to know. Buy
... Read more
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The Real Crash

America's Coming Bankruptcy - How to Save Yourself and Your Country

by Peter D. Schiff ...

Narrated by Oliver Wyman ...

Unabridged

12 hours 55 min

For over 30% new material including many startling developments that have occurred in the past few years, check out The Real Crash Fully Revised and Updated Edition, on sale now.You might be thinking everything's okay: the stock market is on the rise, jobs are growing, the worst of it is over.You'd be wrong.In The Real Crash, New York Times bestselling author Peter D. Schiff argues that America is ... Read more

$26.99 USD

For over 30% new material including many startling developments that have occurred in the past few years, check out The Real Crash Fully Revised and Updated Edition, on sale now.You might be thinking everything's okay: the stock market is on the rise, jobs are growing, the worst of it is over.You'd be wrong.In The Real Crash, New York Times bestselling author Peter D. Schiff argues that America is
... Read more
Audiobook

Escape from Rome

The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity

by Walter Scheidel ...

Narrated by Daniel Henning ...

Unabridged

21 hours 36 min

The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern world The fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheidel argues that Rome's dramatic collapse was actually the best thing that ever happened, clearing the path for Europe's economic rise and the creation of the modern ... Read more

$30.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern world The fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheidel argues that Rome's dramatic collapse was actually the best thing that ever happened, clearing the path for Europe's economic rise and the creation of the modern
... Read more
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The Road to Ruin

The Global Elites' Secret Plan for the Next Financial Crisis

by James Rickards ...

Narrated by James Rickards ...

Unabridged

10 hours 47 min

The bestselling author of The Death of Money and Currency Wars reveals the global elites' dark effort to hide a coming catastrophe from investors in The Road to Ruin, now a National Bestseller.A drumbeat is sounding among the global elites. The signs of a worldwide financial meltdown are unmistakable. This time, the elites have an audacious plan to protect themselves from the fallout: hoarding ... Read more

$20.99 USD

The bestselling author of The Death of Money and Currency Wars reveals the global elites' dark effort to hide a coming catastrophe from investors in The Road to Ruin, now a National Bestseller.A drumbeat is sounding among the global elites. The signs of a worldwide financial meltdown are unmistakable. This time, the elites have an audacious plan to protect themselves from the fallout: hoarding
... Read more
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Fully Automated Luxury Communism

by Aaron Bastani ...

Narrated by Shaun Grindell ...

Unabridged

7 hours 42 min

A different kind of politics for a new kind of society—beyond work, scarcity, and capitalismIn the twenty-first century, new technologies should liberate us from work. Automation, rather than undermining an economy built on full employment, is instead the path to a world of liberty, luxury, and happiness—for everyone. Technological advance will reduce the value of commodities—food, healthcare, and ... Read more

$19.99 USD

A different kind of politics for a new kind of society—beyond work, scarcity, and capitalismIn the twenty-first century, new technologies should liberate us from work. Automation, rather than undermining an economy built on full employment, is instead the path to a world of liberty, luxury, and happiness—for everyone. Technological advance will reduce the value of commodities—food, healthcare, and
... Read more
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Por qué los ricos se vuelven más ricos

¿Qué es realmente la educación financiera?

by Robert T. Kiyosaki ...

Narrated by Rubén Hernández ...

Unabridged

7 hours 49 min

Hace mucho tiempo los ahorradores eran ganadores.Hace mucho tiempo el ahorrador podía ahorrar y enriquecerse.Hoy los ahorradores son perdedores.Por qué los ricos se vuelven más ricos trata de la educación financiera real, no del cuento de hadas que afirma: "Ir a la escuela, conseguir un trabajo, trabajar duro, ahorrar, comprar una casa, salir de deudas e invertir a largo plazo en el mercado ... ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Hace mucho tiempo los ahorradores eran ganadores.Hace mucho tiempo el ahorrador podía ahorrar y enriquecerse.Hoy los ahorradores son perdedores.Por qué los ricos se vuelven más ricos trata de la educación financiera real, no del cuento de hadas que afirma: "Ir a la escuela, conseguir un trabajo, trabajar duro, ahorrar, comprar una casa, salir de deudas e invertir a largo plazo en el mercado ...
... Read more
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The World's Worst Bet

How the Globalization Gamble Went Wrong (And What Would Make It Right)

by David J Lynch ...

Narrated by Todd Menesses ...

Unabridged

13 hours 57 min

Why globalization failed so many Americans and how it still can be saved despite burgeoning economic nationalism.The triumphant globalization that began in the 1990s has given way to a world riven by conflict, populism, and economic nationalism. In The World’s Worst Bet, David J. Lynch offers a trenchant, fast-paced narrative of the rise and fall of the greatest engine of prosperity the world has ... Read more

$31.99 USD

Why globalization failed so many Americans and how it still can be saved despite burgeoning economic nationalism.The triumphant globalization that began in the 1990s has given way to a world riven by conflict, populism, and economic nationalism. In The World’s Worst Bet, David J. Lynch offers a trenchant, fast-paced narrative of the rise and fall of the greatest engine of prosperity the world has
... Read more
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Weapons of the Weak

Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance

by James C. Scott ...

Narrated by Alex Boyles ...

Unabridged

17 hours 11 min

This sensitive picture of the constant and circumspect struggle waged by peasants materially and ideologically against their oppressors shows that techniques of evasion and resistance may represent the most significant and effective means of class struggle in the long run. ... Read more

$29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This sensitive picture of the constant and circumspect struggle waged by peasants materially and ideologically against their oppressors shows that techniques of evasion and resistance may represent the most significant and effective means of class struggle in the long run.
... Read more
Audiobook

War Is a Racket

by Smedley Butler, Smedley Butler ...

Narrated by John Greenman ...

Unabridged

58 min

Marine Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler's expose of American Corporate Imperialism. Butler said, "I served in all commissioned ranks from second lieutenant to Major General. And during that period I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street, and for the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism. I suspected I was just part of the racket all the time. ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Marine Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler's expose of American Corporate Imperialism. Butler said, "I served in all commissioned ranks from second lieutenant to Major General. And during that period I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street, and for the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism. I suspected I was just part of the racket all the time.
... Read more
Audiobook

The Genius of Israel

The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World

by Saul Singer, Dan Senor ...

Narrated by Dan Senor ...

Unabridged

9 hours 38 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * How has a small nation of 9 million people, forced to fight for its existence and security since its founding and riven by ethnic, religious, and economic divides, proven resistant to so many of the societal ills plaguing other wealthy democracies?Why do Israelis have among the world’s highest life expectancies and lowest rates of “deaths of despair” from suicide and ... Read more

$25.99 USD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * How has a small nation of 9 million people, forced to fight for its existence and security since its founding and riven by ethnic, religious, and economic divides, proven resistant to so many of the societal ills plaguing other wealthy democracies?Why do Israelis have among the world’s highest life expectancies and lowest rates of “deaths of despair” from suicide and
... Read more
Audiobook

Born on Third Base

A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good

by Chuck Collins, Morris Pearl ...

Narrated by Chuck Collins ...

Unabridged

9 hours 2 min

As inequality grabs headlines, steals the show in presidential debates, and drives deep divides between the haves and have nots in America, class war brews. On one side, the wealthy wield power and advantage, wittingly or not, to keep the system operating in their favor—all while retreating into enclaves that separate them further and further from the poor and working class. On the other side, ... Read more

$24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

As inequality grabs headlines, steals the show in presidential debates, and drives deep divides between the haves and have nots in America, class war brews. On one side, the wealthy wield power and advantage, wittingly or not, to keep the system operating in their favor—all while retreating into enclaves that separate them further and further from the poor and working class. On the other side,
... Read more
Audiobook

Bait and Switch

The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream

by Barbara Ehrenreich ...

Narrated by Anne Twomey ...

Unabridged

6 hours 50 min

The bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed goes back undercover to do for America's ailing middle class what she did for the working poor.Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed explored the lives of low-wage workers. Now, in BAIT AND SWITCH, she enters another hidden realm of the economy—the world of the white-collar unemployed. Armed with a plausible resume of a professional "in transition," ... Read more

$22.99 USD

The bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed goes back undercover to do for America's ailing middle class what she did for the working poor.Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed explored the lives of low-wage workers. Now, in BAIT AND SWITCH, she enters another hidden realm of the economy—the world of the white-collar unemployed. Armed with a plausible resume of a professional "in transition,"
... Read more
Audiobook

Bias Interrupted

Creating Inclusion For Real and For Good

by Joan C. Williams ...

Narrated by Elisabeth Rodgers ...

Unabridged

5 hours 15 min

A cutting edge, relentless, objective approach to inclusion.Companies spend billions of dollars annually on diversity efforts, with remarkably few results. Too often diversity efforts rest on the assumption that all that's needed is an earnest conversation about "privilege." That's not enough. To truly make progress with diversity, equity and inclusion, we must focus less on documenting the ... Read more

$19.99 USD

A cutting edge, relentless, objective approach to inclusion.Companies spend billions of dollars annually on diversity efforts, with remarkably few results. Too often diversity efforts rest on the assumption that all that's needed is an earnest conversation about "privilege." That's not enough. To truly make progress with diversity, equity and inclusion, we must focus less on documenting the
... Read more
Audiobook

White House Burning

The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You

by Simon Johnson, James Kwak ...

Narrated by Nicholas Hormann ...

Unabridged

10 hours 1 min

America is mired in debt—more than $30,000 for every man, woman, and child. Bitter fighting over deficits, taxes, and spending bedevils Washington, D.C., even as partisan gridlock has brought the government to the brink of default. Yet the more politicians on both sides of the aisle rant and the citizenry fumes, the more things seem to remain the same.In White House Burning, Simon Johnson and ... Read more

$20.99 USD

America is mired in debt—more than $30,000 for every man, woman, and child. Bitter fighting over deficits, taxes, and spending bedevils Washington, D.C., even as partisan gridlock has brought the government to the brink of default. Yet the more politicians on both sides of the aisle rant and the citizenry fumes, the more things seem to remain the same.In White House Burning, Simon Johnson and
... Read more
Audiobook

Meltdown

A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse

by Thomas E. Woods, Jr. ...

Narrated by Alan Sklar ...

Unabridged

6 hours 29 min

The media tells us that "deregulation" and "unfettered free markets" have wrecked our economy and will continue to make things worse without a heavy dose of federal regulation. But the real blame lies elsewhere. In Meltdown, bestselling author Thomas E. Woods, Jr., unearths the real causes behind the collapse of housing values and the stock market—and it turns out the culprits reside more in ... Read more

$16.99 USD

The media tells us that "deregulation" and "unfettered free markets" have wrecked our economy and will continue to make things worse without a heavy dose of federal regulation. But the real blame lies elsewhere. In Meltdown, bestselling author Thomas E. Woods, Jr., unearths the real causes behind the collapse of housing values and the stock market—and it turns out the culprits reside more in
... Read more
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Post Corona

From Crisis to Opportunity

by Scott Galloway ...

Narrated by Scott Galloway ...

Unabridged

5 hours 39 min

New York Times bestseller!"Few are better positioned to illuminate the vagaries of this transformation than Galloway, a tech entrepreneur, author and professor at New York University’s Stern School. In brisk prose and catchy illustrations, he vividly demonstrates how the largest technology companies turned the crisis of the pandemic into the market-share-grabbing opportunity of a lifetime." --The ... Read more

$17.99 USD

New York Times bestseller!"Few are better positioned to illuminate the vagaries of this transformation than Galloway, a tech entrepreneur, author and professor at New York University’s Stern School. In brisk prose and catchy illustrations, he vividly demonstrates how the largest technology companies turned the crisis of the pandemic into the market-share-grabbing opportunity of a lifetime." --The
... Read more
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New Deal or Raw Deal?

How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America

by Burton W. Folsom, Jr. ...

Narrated by Alan Sklar ...

Unabridged

11 hours 19 min

In this shocking and groundbreaking new book, economic historian Burton Folsom, Jr., exposes the idyllic legend of Franklin D. Roosevelt as a myth of epic proportions. With questionable moral character and a vendetta against the business elite, Roosevelt created New Deal programs marked by inconsistent planning, wasteful spending, and opportunity for political gain—ultimately elevating public ... Read more

$20.99 USD

In this shocking and groundbreaking new book, economic historian Burton Folsom, Jr., exposes the idyllic legend of Franklin D. Roosevelt as a myth of epic proportions. With questionable moral character and a vendetta against the business elite, Roosevelt created New Deal programs marked by inconsistent planning, wasteful spending, and opportunity for political gain—ultimately elevating public
... Read more
Audiobook

Quem aprende enriquece

by Napoleon Hill ...

Narrated by Sidney Ferreira ...

Unabridged

7 hours 57 min

"Quem aprende enriquece" é uma série de lições sobre o sucesso escrita por Napoleon Hill, as quais são consideradas por muitas pessoas como os princípios mais importantes de Hill e Carnegie. Essas lições podem ser usadas por qualquer indivíduo para obter poder pessoal. À medida que esses arquivos da Fundação Napoleon Hill forem lidas e, acima de tudo, aplicadas, você começará sua jornada rumo ao ... Read more

$10.99 USD

"Quem aprende enriquece" é uma série de lições sobre o sucesso escrita por Napoleon Hill, as quais são consideradas por muitas pessoas como os princípios mais importantes de Hill e Carnegie. Essas lições podem ser usadas por qualquer indivíduo para obter poder pessoal. À medida que esses arquivos da Fundação Napoleon Hill forem lidas e, acima de tudo, aplicadas, você começará sua jornada rumo ao
... Read more
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Fewer, Richer, Greener

Prospects for Humanity in an Age of Abundance

by Laurence B. Siegel ...

Narrated by Steve Menasche ...

Unabridged

14 hours 56 min

Why do so many people fear the future? Is their concern justified, or can we look forward to greater wealth and continued improvement in the way we live?Our world seems to be experiencing stagnant economic growth, climatic deterioration, dwindling natural resources, and an unsustainable level of population growth. The world is doomed, they argue, and there are just too many problems to overcome. ... Read more

$30.99 USD

Why do so many people fear the future? Is their concern justified, or can we look forward to greater wealth and continued improvement in the way we live?Our world seems to be experiencing stagnant economic growth, climatic deterioration, dwindling natural resources, and an unsustainable level of population growth. The world is doomed, they argue, and there are just too many problems to overcome.
... Read more
Audiobook

The End of Normal

The Great Crisis and the Future of Growth

by James K. Galbraith ...

Narrated by L.J. Ganser ...

Unabridged

9 hours 27 min

The years since the Great Crisis of 2008 have seen slow growth, high unemployment, falling home values, chronic deficits, a deepening disaster in Europe-and a stale argument between two false solutions, "austerity" on one side and "stimulus" on the other. Both sides and practically all analyses of the crisis so far take for granted that the economic growth from the early 1950s until 2000 ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The years since the Great Crisis of 2008 have seen slow growth, high unemployment, falling home values, chronic deficits, a deepening disaster in Europe-and a stale argument between two false solutions, "austerity" on one side and "stimulus" on the other. Both sides and practically all analyses of the crisis so far take for granted that the economic growth from the early 1950s until 2000
... Read more

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