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This updated and expanded edition of Are the Rich Necessary? is an ideal introduction to economics at a time when economics is on everyone's mind. It is also an ideal adjunct to an economics textbook.
Author Hunter Lewis is always objective, fair, and fun to listen to. The New York Times called this listen highly provocative and highly pleasurable.
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De: Mervyn King
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Globalization and Its Discontents
- De: Joseph E. Stiglitz
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 10 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 82
This powerful, unsettling book gives us a rare glimpse behind the closed doors of global financial institutions by the winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics. When it was first published, this national best-seller quickly became a touchstone in the globalization debate. Renowned economist and Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz had a ringside seat for most of the major economic events of the last decade, including stints as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and chief economist at the World Bank.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Plea
- De Asma en 10-13-20
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Why Save the Bankers?
- And Other Essays on Our Economic and Political Crisis
- De: Thomas Piketty, Seth Ackerman - translator
- Narrado por: LJ Ganser
- Duración: 5 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
Thomas Piketty's work has proved that unfettered markets lead to increasing inequality. Without meaningful regulation, capitalist economies will concentrate wealth in an ever smaller number of hands. Armed with this knowledge, democratic societies face a defining challenge: fending off a new aristocracy. For years Piketty has wrestled with this problem in his monthly newspaper column, which pierces the surface of current events to reveal the economic forces underneath.
De: Thomas Piketty, y otros
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The Instant Economist
- Everything You Need to Know About How the Economy Works
- De: Timothy Taylor
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 9 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
Economics isn't just about numbers: It's about politics, psychology, history, and so much more. We are all economists - when we work, save for the future, invest, pay taxes, and buy our groceries. Yet many of us feel lost when the subject arises. Award-winning professor Timothy Taylor here tackles all the key questions and hot topics of both microeconomics and macroeconomics, so you can understand and discuss economics on a personal, national, and global level.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Timothy Taylor is the best
- De Jake en 02-15-15
De: Timothy Taylor
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Fault Lines
- How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World's Economy
- De: Raghuram Rajan
- Narrado por: Richard Davidson
- Duración: 12 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 147
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 82
Raghuram Rajan was one of the few economists who warned of the global financial crisis before it hit. Now, as the world struggles to recover, it's tempting to blame what happened on just a few greedy bankers who took irrational risks and left the rest of us to foot the bill. In Fault Lines, Rajan argues that serious flaws in the economy are also to blame, and warns that a potentially more devastating crisis awaits us if they aren't fixed.
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1 out of 5 stars
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A REAL SNOOZER
- De Frank en 12-02-10
De: Raghuram Rajan
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Dead Aid
- Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
- De: Dambisa Moyo, Niall Ferguson - foreword
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 6 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 115
A national best-seller, Dead Aid unflinchingly confronts one of the greatest myths of our time: that billions of dollars in aid sent from wealthy countries to developing African nations has helped to reduce poverty and increase growth. In fact, poverty levels continue to escalate and growth rates have steadily declined - and millions continue to suffer. Debunking the current model of international aid promoted by both Hollywood celebrities and policy makers, Dambisa Moyo offers a bold new road map for financing the development of the world's poorest countries.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Dangerous / Right Wing US view
- De David O'Donovan en 03-05-19
De: Dambisa Moyo, y otros
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50 Economics Classics
- Your Shortcut to the Most Important Ideas on Capitalism, Finance, and the Global Economy
- De: Tom Butler-Bowdon
- Narrado por: John Chancer
- Duración: 15 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 32
Economics drives the modern world and shapes our lives, but few of us feel we have time to engage with the breadth of ideas in the subject. 50 Economics Classics is the smart person's guide to two centuries of discussion of finance, capitalism, and the global economy. From Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations to Thomas Piketty's best-seller Capital in the Twenty-First Century, here are the great books and seminal ideas, clarified and illuminated for all.
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A Capitalism for the People
- Recapturing the Lost Genius of American Prosperity
- De: Luigi Zingales
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 11 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50
Born in Italy, University of Chicago economist Luigi Zingales witnessed firsthand the consequences of high inflation and unemployment - paired with rampant nepotism and cronyism - on a country’s economy. This experience profoundly shaped his professional interests, and in 1988 he arrived in the United States, armed with a political passion and the belief that economists should not merely interpret the world, but should change it for the better.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable but a tad predictable.
- De Kevin en 12-24-12
De: Luigi Zingales
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How Are You Going to Pay for That?
- Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics
- De: Ryan Cooper
- Narrado por: Ryan Cooper
- Duración: 8 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
How Are You Going to Pay for That? is filled with engaging discussions and detailed strategies that policymakers and citizens alike can use to assail even the most entrenched lines of neoliberal logic and start to undo these long-held misconceptions. Equal parts economic theory, history, and political polemic, this is an essential roadmap for winning the key battles to come.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not horrible but not correct either
- De David en 03-20-23
De: Ryan Cooper
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Money
- The Unauthorized Biography
- De: Felix Martin
- Narrado por: Nicholas Guy Smith
- Duración: 12 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 112
From ancient currency to Adam Smith, from the gold standard to shadow banking and the Great Recession: a sweeping historical epic that traces the development and evolution of one of humankind’s greatest inventions.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Difficult to imagine how it could be worse
- De J. M. Batista en 09-19-17
De: Felix Martin
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How the Other Half Banks
- Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy
- De: Mehrsa Baradaran
- Narrado por: Priya Ayyar
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 286
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 252
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 247
The United States has two separate banking systems today - one serving the well-to-do and another exploiting everyone else. How the Other Half Banks contributes to the growing conversation on American inequality by highlighting one of its prime causes: unequal credit. Mehrsa Baradaran examines how a significant portion of the population, deserted by banks, is forced to wander through a Wild West of payday lenders and check-cashing services to cover emergency expenses and pay for necessities - all thanks to deregulation that began in the 1970s.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Borrowers at the Fringe
- De Darwin8u en 09-13-16
De: Mehrsa Baradaran
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Naked Money
- A Revealing Look at What It Is and Why It Matters
- De: Charles Wheelan
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 13 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 599
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 531
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 528
Consider the $20 bill. It has no more value, as a simple slip of paper, than Monopoly money. Yet even children recognize that tearing one into small pieces is an act of inconceivable stupidity. What makes a $20 bill actually worth $20? In the third volume of his best-selling Naked series, Charles Wheelan uses this seemingly simple question to open the door to the surprisingly colorful world of money and banking.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is a beautiful audiobook, and well-narrated.
- De Thirsty Mind en 11-10-18
De: Charles Wheelan
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13 Bankers
- The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown
- De: Simon Johnson, James Kwak
- Narrado por: Erik Synnestvedt
- Duración: 8 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 255
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 100
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 102
Even after the ruinous financial crisis of 2008, America is still beset by the depredations of an oligarchy that is now bigger, more profitable, and more resistant to regulation than ever. Anchored by six megabanks, which together control assets amounting to more than 60 percent of the country's gross domestic product, these financial institutions (now more emphatically "too big to fail") continue to hold the global economy hostage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Easy to Understand and Comprehend
- De Kyle en 04-11-10
De: Simon Johnson, y otros
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The Ascent of Money
- A Financial History of the World
- De: Niall Ferguson
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 11 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 3,357
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,187
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,176
Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance. Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot, lucre, moolah, readies, the wherewithal: Call it what you like, it matters. To Christians, love of it is the root of all evil. To generals, it's the sinews of war. To revolutionaries, it's the chains of labor. Niall Ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A mostly successful and interesting history
- De A reader en 02-24-09
De: Niall Ferguson
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Red Flags
- Why Xi's China Is in Jeopardy
- De: George Magnus
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 593
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 491
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 488
Over the past four decades, China's remarkable transformation has garnered admiration but also sparked concern. George Magnus draws on his intimate knowledge of this dynamic nation to uncover the origins of its ascent and show why the economic traps it faces at home and the political challenges it faces abroad pose a serious threat to its continued rise.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A pessimistic vision with western liberal bias
- De Jeronimo L. Jimenez en 10-23-20
De: George Magnus
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Aftershock
- The Next Economy and America’s Future
- De: Robert B. Reich
- Narrado por: Robert Reich
- Duración: 4 h y 30 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 645
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 427
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 428
The author of 12 acclaimed books, Robert B. Reich is a Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and has served in three national administrations. While many blamed Wall Street for the financial meltdown, Aftershock points a finger at a national economy in which wealth is increasingly concentrated at the top - and where a grasping middle class simply does not have the resources to remain viable.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very plausible assessment of our economy
- De CAR TOP CAMPER en 10-06-10
De: Robert B. Reich