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Merchant Kings
- When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900
- By: Stephen R. Bown
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance19
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It was an era when monopoly trading companies were the unofficial agents of European expansion, controlling vast numbers of people and huge tracts of land, and taking on governmental and military functions. The leaders of these trading enterprises exercised virtually unaccountable, dictatorial political power over millions of people.
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Thoroughly enjoyable, informative and thought-provoking.
- By Mild Max on 09-07-25
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Merchant Kings
- When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 25-01-22
- Language: English
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Europe
- A New History
- By: Roderick Beaton
- Narrated by: Alisdair Simpson
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. A new history of the idea of Europe from Ancient Greece to the present What do we talk about when we talk about Europe? Is it defined by geography? Or is it politics, or shared culture? In Europe, award-winning historian Roderick Beaton tells the story of Europe as...
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Wrong balance
- By Bill Atkinson on 04-04-26
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Europe
- A New History
- Narrated by: Alisdair Simpson
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 26-03-26
- Language: English
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The Age of Extraction
- How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity
- By: Tim Wu
- Narrated by: Frits Zernike
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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The pre-eminent exponent of anti-monopoly law explains why we have no option but to break Big Tech’s monopolies, and that doing so would unleash innovation and growth. Today’s dominant tech platforms – the places where we exchange information and buy things online – could be the most...
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The Age of Extraction
- How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity
- Narrated by: Frits Zernike
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 13-11-25
- Language: English
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The Almighty Dollar
- 500 Years of the World's Most Powerful Money
- By: Brendan Greeley
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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In this ambitious and groundbreaking history of the dollar, financial journalist and economic scholar Brendan Greeley makes a new argument about the origins of our money—and the people and nations who have surrendered to it. “Brimming with startling details, this is also serious financial...
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The Almighty Dollar
- 500 Years of the World's Most Powerful Money
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 19-05-26
- Language: English
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All the Devils Are Here
- The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis
- By: Bethany McLean, Joe Nocera
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall75
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Performance62
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The New York Times bestseller hailed as "the best business book of 2010" (Huffington Post). As soon as the financial crisis erupted, the finger-pointing began. Should the blame fall on Wall Street, Main Street, or Pennsylvania Avenue? On greedy traders, misguided regulators, sleazy subprime...
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Excellent overview of the financial crisis
- By CorrieShore on 18-12-25
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All the Devils Are Here
- The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 16-11-10
- Language: English
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House of Fidelity
- The Rise of the Johnson Dynasty and the Company That Changed American Investing
- By: Justin Baer
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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The gripping, definitive account of the private family behind one of the most powerful financial institutions in the world. “Pulls the curtain back on one of the country's most powerful and mysterious financial institutions … It’s a must read.” ―William D. Cohan , New York Times...
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House of Fidelity
- The Rise of the Johnson Dynasty and the Company That Changed American Investing
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 05-05-26
- Language: English
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The Quants
- How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It
- By: Scott Patterson
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall102
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Performance65
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In March 2006, the world’s richest men sipped champagne in an opulent New York hotel. They were preparing to compete in a poker tournament with million-dollar stakes. At the card table that night was Peter Muller, who managed a fabulously successful hedge fund called PDT. With him was Ken...
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Rubbish, goes around the same topics, same people
- By Yohan T. on 16-11-17
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The Quants
- How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 02-02-10
- Language: English
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Growth
- A Reckoning
- By: Daniel Susskind
- Narrated by: Daniel Susskind
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall43
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Performance41
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Brought to you by Penguin. Over the past two centuries, economic growth has freed billions from poverty and made our lives far healthier and longer. As a result, the unfettered pursuit of growth defines economic life around the world. Yet this prosperity has come at an enormous price: deepening...
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framing of the problem is good
- By Janna Kellaway on 27-05-25
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Growth
- A Reckoning
- Narrated by: Daniel Susskind
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 16-04-24
- Language: English
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Super Imperialism (Third Edition)
- The Economic Strategy of American Empire
- By: Michael Hudson
- Narrated by: Evan Sibley
- Length: 21 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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This edition of Super Imperialism is the finalized version of the analysis that Michael Hudson first published in the wake of President Nixon severing the dollar's link to gold in August 1971. Closing the gold window had been imminent since the London Gold Pool was disbanded in 1968 in response to the U.S. overseas military spending that had pushed the balance of payments into steadily deepening deficit since the Korean War (1950-51).
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Super Imperialism (Third Edition)
- The Economic Strategy of American Empire
- Narrated by: Evan Sibley
- Length: 21 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 02-02-26
- Language: English
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A Century of Plenty
- A Story of Progress for Generations to Come
- By: Sven Smit, Chris Bradley, Nick Leung, and others
- Narrated by: AJ Dukette
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Can you imagine even the poorest country in the world achieving the prosperity and quality of life of today's Switzerland—by 2100? Seems crazy, doesn't it? After all, we live in uncertain times. But we have pulled off marvels before. Human advances over the past 100 years have been unprecedented. Can we achieve another century of progress? This book, a major research effort from the McKinsey Global Institute, explores the advances of the past century and what drove them—what we call the progress machine.
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A Century of Plenty
- A Story of Progress for Generations to Come
- Narrated by: AJ Dukette
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 27-01-26
- Language: English
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How to Win a Trade War
- An acclaimed, witty guide to the world economy
- By: Soumaya Keynes, Chad Bown
- Narrated by: Soumaya Keynes
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Read by author Soumaya Keynes 'An amazing book' – Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate in economics 'Timely, witty and wise' – Tim Harford, broadcaster and bestselling author of The Undercover Economist 'A breezy, low-jargon guide' – Helen Lewis, bestselling author of The Genius Myth A witty...
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How to Win a Trade War
- An acclaimed, witty guide to the world economy
- Narrated by: Soumaya Keynes
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 28-05-26
- Language: English
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The Power Law
- Venture Capital and the Art of Disruption
- By: Sebastian Mallaby
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall199
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Performance163
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Brought to you by Penguin. It is no exaggeration to say that venture capital has been central to the greatest legal creation of wealth anywhere, and enabled much of the world we live in, yet we know surprisingly little about this strange tribe of financiers. In The Power Law, Sebastian Mallaby...
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Its just betting, but with $Millions
- By Chris on 18-07-22
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The Power Law
- Venture Capital and the Art of Disruption
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 25-01-22
- Language: English
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The Visionaries
- The Making of the Post World War II Order in the West
- By: James Holland
- Narrated by: Al Murray
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance16
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Brought to you by Penguin. Although the Second World War was still a long way from being won, even by early 1941, US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was already planning for peace. America’s entry of the war may still have been almost a year away, but he could already see the new world...
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Inspiring
- By Tyron Lobo on 24-05-26
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The Visionaries
- The Making of the Post World War II Order in the West
- Narrated by: Al Murray
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 07-05-26
- Language: English
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Lords of Finance
- 1929, The Great Depression, and the Bankers who Broke the World
- By: Liaquat Ahamed
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 18 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. The current financial crisis has only one parallel: the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and subsequent Great Depression of the 1930s, which crippled the future of an entire generation and set the stage for the horrors of the Second World War. Yet...
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Lords of Finance
- 1929, The Great Depression, and the Bankers who Broke the World
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 18 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 15-01-26
- Language: English
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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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Overall93
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Performance77
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The New York Times bestseller from business journalist Christopher Leonard infiltrates one of America’s most mysterious institutions—the Federal Reserve—to show how its policies spearheaded by Chairman Jerome Powell over the past ten years have accelerated income inequality and put our...
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A revelation
- By Brian B. on 17-01-22
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The Lords of Easy Money
- How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 11-01-22
- Language: English
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How Asia Works
- Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region
- By: Joe Studwell
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall101
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Performance81
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In How Asia Works, Joe Studwell distills extensive research into the economics of nine countries - Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, and China - into an accessible narrative that debunks Western misconceptions, shows what really happened in Asia and why, and for once makes clear why some countries have boomed while others have languished.
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Eye opening
- By ayman on 07-07-25
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How Asia Works
- Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 15-08-17
- Language: English
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Against Money
- By: J. W. Mason, Arjun Jayadev
- Narrated by: Derek Botten
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Money is everywhere in our daily lives. It lurks in the swipe of a card at the grocery store, in looming student-loan debts, in the prices of things we want, and in our subconscious navigation of the modern world. Money is an invisible convenience that saves us, as a society, the hassle of bartering for goods and services—a reflection, in our pockets and on our phones, of the hard facts of scarcity and desire. Or is it something more?
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Against Money
- Narrated by: Derek Botten
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 07-05-26
- Language: English
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The Big Short
- Inside the Doomsday Machine
- By: Michael Lewis
- Narrated by: Michael Lewis
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. THE OUTRAGEOUS NO.1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, NOW AN OSCAR- AND BAFTA-WINNING FILM From the jungles of the trading floor to the casinos of Las Vegas, The Big Short, Michael Lewis's No.1 bestseller, tells the story of the misfits, renegades and visionaries who saw that...
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A fantastic explanation
- By Adam on 12-06-26
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The Big Short
- Inside the Doomsday Machine
- Narrated by: Michael Lewis
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 14-10-25
- Language: English
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Globalists
- The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism
- By: Quinn Slobodian
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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Overall54
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Performance44
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In the first intellectual history of neoliberal globalism, author Quinn Slobodian follows a group of thinkers from the ashes of the Habsburg Empire to the creation of the World Trade Organization to show that neoliberalism emerged less to shrink government and abolish regulations than to redeploy them at a global level.
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Gets there in the end
- By Frank Amin on 29-07-22
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Globalists
- The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 12-06-18
- Language: English
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The Good Ancestor
- How to Think Long Term in a Short Term World
- By: Roman Krznaric
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall120
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Performance102
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In The Good Ancestor, leading popular philosopher and best-selling author Roman Krznaric shows just how crucial long-term thinking is, not just for ordinary people but across political, economic, environmental and business worlds. From the personal to the political, Krznaric identifies the flaws of today’s short-term mindset. Drawing on ideas from a wide range of perspectives including neuroscience, cultural history, politics, economics, art and religion, he offers eight key approaches as a road map for the future of long-term thinking and planning.
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Some interesting things to think about
- By jtaz26 on 08-06-23
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The Good Ancestor
- How to Think Long Term in a Short Term World
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 16-07-20
- Language: English
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