18 Best Economic Conditions, Business & Economics Books
Economic Conditions, Business & Economics is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Economic Conditions, Business & Economics audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 18 Economic Conditions, Business & Economics audiobooks below.
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The Sovereign Individual
- By: James Dale Davidson
- Narrator: Michael David Axtell
- Length: 19 hours 20 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4.22(2265 ratings)
4.22(2265 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.99 USDINCLUDES A NEW PREFACE WRITTEN BY PETER THIEL, FOUNDER OF PAYPAL!Two 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 ofINCLUDES A NEW PREFACE WRITTEN BY PETER THIEL, FOUNDER OF PAYPAL!
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Two 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 civilization.
Few observers of the late twentieth century have their fingers so presciently on the pulse of the global political and economic realignment ushering in the new millennium as do James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg. Their bold prediction of disaster on Wall Street in Blood in the Streets was borne out by Black Tuesday. In their ensuing bestseller, The Great Reckoning, published just weeks before the coup attempt against Gorbachev, they analyzed the pending collapse of the Soviet Union and foretold the civil war in Yugoslavia and other events that have proved to be among the most searing developments of the past few years.
In The Sovereign Individual, Davidson and Rees-Mogg explore the greatest economic and political transition in centuries–the shift from an industrial to an information-based society. This transition, which they have termed “the fourth stage of human society,” will liberate individuals as never before, irrevocably altering the power of government. This outstanding book will replace false hopes and fictions with new understanding and clarified values. -
The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure
- By: John Allison
- Narrator: Alan Sklar
- Length: 10 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2012
- Language: English
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4.09(309 ratings)
4.09(309 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDDid Wall Street cause the mess we are in? Should Washington place stronger regulations on the entire financial industry? Can we lower unemployment rates by controlling the free market? The answer is no. Not only is free market capitalism good forDid Wall Street cause the mess we are in? Should Washington place stronger regulations on the entire financial industry? Can we lower unemployment rates by controlling the free market? The answer is no.
Not only is free market capitalism good for the economy, says industry expert John Allison, it is our only hope for recovery. As the nation’s longest-serving CEO of one of the top twenty-five financial institutions, Allison has had a unique inside view of the events leading up to the financial crisis. He has seen the direct effect of government incentives on the real estate market. He has seen how government regulations only make matters worse. Now in this controversial wake-up call of a book, he has given us a solution. The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure reveals
– why regulation is bad for the market–and for the world; – what we can do to promote a healthy free market; – how we can help end unemployment in America; – the truth about TARP and the bailouts; – how Washington can help Wall Street build a better future for everyone.
With shrewd insight, alarming insider details, and practical advice for today’s leaders, this electrifying analysis is nothing less than a call to arms for a nation on the brink. You’ll learn how government incentives helped blow up the real estate bubble to unsustainable proportions, how financial tools such as derivatives have been wrongly blamed for the crash, and how Congress fails to understand it should not try to control the market–and then completely mismanages it when it tries. In the end, you’ll understand why it’s so important to put the “free” back into free market.
It’s time for America to accept the truth: the government can’t fix the economy because the government wrecked the economy. This book gives us the tools, the inspiration–and the cure.
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The Lost Bank
- By: Kirsten Grind
- Narrator: Traber Burns
- Length: 14 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2012
- Language: English
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4.06(620 ratings)
4.06(620 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.95 USDDuring the most dizzying days of the financial crisis, Washington Mutual, a bank with hundreds of billions of dollars in its coffers, suffered a crippling bank run. The story of its final, brutal collapse in the autumn of 2008, and its controversialDuring the most dizzying days of the financial crisis, Washington Mutual, a bank with hundreds of billions of dollars in its coffers, suffered a crippling bank run. The story of its final, brutal collapse in the autumn of 2008, and its controversial sale to JPMorgan Chase, is an astonishing account of how one bank lost itself to greed and mismanagement and how the entire financial industry–and even the entire country–lost its way as well.
Kirsten Grind’s The Lost Bank is a magisterial and gripping account of these events, tracing the cultural shifts, the cockamamie financial engineering, and the hubris and avarice that made this incredible story possible. The men and women who become the central players in this tragedy–the regulators and the bankers, the home buyers and the lenders, the number crunchers and the shareholders–are heroes and villains, perpetrators and victims, often switching roles with one another as the drama unfolds.
Reporting for the Puget Sound Business Journal, Grind covered the story from the beginning. It was a story set far from the epicenters of finance and media, happening largely in places such as the suburban homes of central California and the office buildings of Seattle, but the clarity and depth of Grind’s work earned her many awards, including being named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Gerald Loeb Award. She takes readers into boardrooms and bedrooms, revealing the power struggles that pitted regulators at the Office of Thrift Supervision and the FDIC against one another and the predatory negotiations of investment bankers and lawyers who enriched themselves during the bank’s rise and then devoured the decimated bank in its final days.
Written as compellingly as the finest fiction, The Lost Bank makes it clear that the collapse of Washington Mutual was not just the largest bank failure in American history. It is a story of talismanic qualities, reflecting the incredible rise and the precipitous collapse of not only an institution but of trust, fortunes, and the marketplaces for risk across the world.
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Escape from Rome
- By: Walter Scheidel
- Length: 21 hours 39 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: October 15, 2019
- Language: English
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4.05(244 ratings)
4.05(244 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.99 USDThe 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 thatThe 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 age. Ranging across the entire premodern world, Escape from Rome offers new answers to some of the biggest questions in history: Why did the Roman Empire appear? Why did nothing like it ever return to Europe? And, above all, why did Europeans come to dominate the world? In an absorbing narrative that begins with ancient Rome but stretches far beyond it, from Byzantium to China and from Genghis Khan to Napoleon, Scheidel shows how the demise of Rome and the enduring failure of empire-building on European soil ensured competitive fragmentation between and within states. This rich diversity encouraged political, economic, scientific, and technological breakthroughs that allowed Europe to surge ahead while other parts of the world lagged behind, burdened as they were by traditional empires and predatory regimes that lived by conquest. It wasn’t until Europe “escaped” from Rome that it launched an economic transformation that changed the continent and ultimately the world. What has the Roman Empire ever done for us? Fall and go away.
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End The Fed
- By: Ron Paul
- Narrator: Bob Craig
- Length: 6 hours 4 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: September 16, 2009
- Language: English
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4.04(5530 ratings)
4.04(5530 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.98 USDIn the post-meltdown world, it is irresponsible, ineffective, and ultimately useless to have a serious economic debate without considering and challenging the role of the Federal Reserve. Most people think of the Fed as an indispensable institutionIn the post-meltdown world, it is irresponsible, ineffective, and ultimately useless to have a serious economic debate without considering and challenging the role of the Federal Reserve.... Read moreMost people think of the Fed as an indispensable institution without which the country’s economy could not properly function. But in End the Fed, Ron Paul draws on American history, economics, and fascinating stories from his own long political life to argue that the Fed is both corrupt and unconstitutional. It is inflating currency today at nearly a Weimar or Zimbabwe level, a practice that threatens to put us into an inflationary depression where $100 bills are worthless. What most people don’t realize is that the Fed — created by the Morgans and Rockefellers at a private club off the coast of Georgia — is actually working against their own personal interests. Congressman Paul’s urgent appeal to all citizens and officials tells us where we went wrong and what we need to do fix America’s economic policy for future generations.
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Breakout Nations
- By: Ruchir Sharma
- Narrator: Alan Sklar
- Length: 12 hours 21 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2012
- Language: English
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4.04(2320 ratings)
4.04(2320 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDAfter a decade of rapid growth, the world’s most celebrated emerging markets are poised to slow down. Which countries will rise to challenge them? To identify the economic stars of the future, we should abandon the habit of extrapolating fromAfter a decade of rapid growth, the world’s most celebrated emerging markets are poised to slow down. Which countries will rise to challenge them?
To identify the economic stars of the future, we should abandon the habit of extrapolating from the recent past and lumping wildly diverse countries together. We need to remember that sustained economic success is a rare phenomenon.
As an era of easy money and easy growth comes to a close, China in particular will cool down. Other major players including Brazil, Russia, and India face their own daunting challenges and inflated expectations. The new “breakout nations” will probably spring from the margins, even from the shadows. Ruchir Sharma, the head of Morgan Stanley’semerging markets division, here identifies which are most likely to leap ahead and why.
After two decades spent traveling the globe tracking the progress of developing countries, Sharma has produced a book full of surprises: why overpriced cocktails in Rio are a sign of revival in Detroit; how the threat of the “population bomb” came to be seen as a competitive advantage; how an industrial revolution in Asia is redefining what manufacturing can do for a modern economy; and how the coming shakeout in the big emerging markets could shift the spotlight back to the West, especially American technology and German manufacturing.
What emerges is a clear picture of the shifting balance of global economic power and how it plays out for emerging nations and for the West. In a captivating exploration studded with vignettes, Sharma reveals his rules on how to spot economic success stories. Breakout Nations is a rollicking education for anyone looking to understand where the future will happen.
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A Brief History of Equality
- By: Thomas Piketty
- Narrator: Fred Sanders
- Length: 8 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.02(793 ratings)
4.02(793 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDThe world’s leading economist of inequality presents a short but sweeping and surprisingly optimistic history of human progress toward equality despite crises, disasters, and backsliding, a perfect introduction to the ideas developed in hisThe world’s leading economist of inequality presents a short but sweeping and surprisingly optimistic history of human progress toward equality despite crises, disasters, and backsliding, a perfect introduction to the ideas developed in his monumental earlier books.
It is easy to be pessimistic about inequality. We know it has increased dramatically in many parts of the world over the past two generations. No one has done more to reveal the problem than Thomas Piketty. Now, in this surprising and powerful new work, Piketty reminds us that the grand sweep of history gives us reasons to be optimistic. Over the centuries, he shows, we have been moving toward greater equality.
Piketty guides us with elegance and concision through the great movements that have made the modern world for better and worse: the growth of capitalism, revolutions, imperialism, slavery, wars, and the building of the welfare state. It’s a history of violence and social struggle, punctuated by regression and disaster. But through it all, Piketty shows, human societies have moved fitfully toward a more just distribution of income and assets, a reduction of racial and gender inequalities, and greater access to health care, education, and the rights of citizenship.
Our rough march forward is political and ideological, an endless fight against injustice. To keep moving, Piketty argues, we need to learn and commit to what works, to institutional, legal, social, fiscal, and educational systems that can make equality a lasting reality. At the same time, we need to resist historical amnesia and the temptations of cultural separatism and intellectual compartmentalization. At stake is the quality of life for billions of people.
We know we can do better, Piketty concludes. The past shows us how. The future is up to us.
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The Undercover Economist
- By: Tim Harford
- Narrator: Tim Harford
- Length: 10 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: March 11, 2008
- Language: English
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3.81(22721 ratings)
3.81(22721 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDAuthor of the extremely popular “Dear Economist” column in Financial Times, Tim Harford reveals the economics behind everyday phenomena in this highly entertaining and informative book. Can a book about economics be fun to read? It canAuthor of the extremely popular “Dear Economist” column in Financial Times, Tim Harford reveals the economics behind everyday phenomena in this highly entertaining and informative book. Can a book about economics be fun to read? It can when Harford takes the reins, using his trademark wit to explain why it costs an arm and a leg to buy a cappuccino and why it’s nearly impossible to purchase a decent used car. Supermarkets, coffee houses, airlines, insurance companies and more are sucking money from our wallets. To protect ourselves and our bank accounts, we must better understand why companies do what they do. Hailed by Publishers Weekly as “unequaled in its accessibility,” The Undercover Economist is a sheer delight-and the one book on economics that every American should read.”. a book on economics that will enthrall its readers. Beautifully written and argued, it brings the power of economics to life. This book should be required reading .”-Steven D. Levitt, author of Freakonomics
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Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire
- By: Rebecca Henderson
- Narrator: Rebecca Henderson
- Length: 10 hours 40 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: April 28, 2020
- Language: English
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3.78(742 ratings)
3.78(742 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDA renowned Harvard professor debunks prevailing orthodoxy with a new intellectual foundation and a practical pathway forward for a system that has lost its moral and ethical foundation.Free market capitalism is one of humanity’s greatestA renowned Harvard professor debunks prevailing orthodoxy with a new intellectual foundation and a practical pathway forward for a system that has lost its moral and ethical foundation.
Free market capitalism is one of humanity’s greatest inventions and the greatest source of prosperity the world has ever seen. But this success has been costly. Capitalism is on the verge of destroying the planet and destabilizing society as wealth rushes to the top. The time for action is running short.Rebecca Henderson’s rigorous research in economics, psychology, and organizational behavior, as well as her many years of work with companies around the world, give us a path forward. She debunks the worldview that the only purpose of business is to make money and maximize shareholder value. She shows that we have failed to reimagine capitalism so that it is not only an engine of prosperity but also a system that is in harmony with environmental realities, the striving for social justice, and the demands of truly democratic institutions.
Henderson’s deep understanding of how change takes place, combined with fascinating in-depth stories of companies that have made the first steps towards reimagining capitalism, provide inspiring insight into what capitalism can be. Together with rich discussions of important role of government and how the worlds of finance, governance, and leadership must also evolve, Henderson provides the pragmatic foundation for navigating a world faced with unprecedented challenge, but also with extraordinary opportunity for those who can get it right.
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Uncharted
- By: Margaret Heffernan
- Narrator: Margaret Heffernan
- Length: 10 hours 51 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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3.71(229 ratings)
3.71(229 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USD“Excellent (and very timely).” —Financial Times * “Smartly assembled case studies and insights.” —Publishers Weekly * A Financial Times Best Book of the Year Former CEO and popular TED speaker Margaret Heffernan“Excellent (and very timely).” —Financial Times * “Smartly assembled case studies and insights.” —Publishers Weekly * A Financial Times Best Book of the Year
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Former CEO and popular TED speaker Margaret Heffernan offers powerful and practical tools so you can face the future with confidence and courage.
Most of us are addicted to prediction, desperate for certainty about the future. But the complexity of modern life won’t provide that; experts in forecasting are reluctant to look more than 400 days out. History doesn’t repeat itself and even genetics won’t tell you everything you want to know. Tomorrow remains uncharted territory, but Margaret Heffernan demonstrates how we can push aside uncertainty and forge ahead with agility.
Drawing on a wide array of people and places, Uncharted traces long-term projects that shrewdly evolved over generations to meet the unpredictable challenges of every new age. Heffernan also looks at radical exercises and experiments that redefined standard practices by embracing different perspectives and testing fresh approaches. Preparing to confront a variable future provides the antidote to passivity and prediction.
Ranging freely through history and from business to science, government to friendships, this refreshing book challenges us to mine our own creativity and humanity for the capacity to create the futures we want and can believe in. -
Secret Weapon
- By: Kevin D. Freeman
- Narrator: Tom Weiner
- Length: 7 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2012
- Language: English
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3.71(66 ratings)
3.71(66 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDWho’s really to blame for America’s catastrophic financial meltdown and devastating national recession? Contrary to what the “Occupy Movement” might tell you, it’s not greedy Wall Street executives. No, as one ofWho’s really to blame for America’s catastrophic financial meltdown and devastating national recession? Contrary to what the “Occupy Movement” might tell you, it’s not greedy Wall Street executives. No, as one of America’s top financial professionals reveals in this shocking book, the real culprit is economic warfare, with our foreign enemies exploiting our lurking financial weaknesses. In Secret Weapon, Kevin Freeman unveils how all the evidence–including motive, means, and opportunity–points to America’s foreign enemies deliberately pushing our economy over the brink.
In this stunning expos+(r), Freeman reveals:
-The evidence linking Communist China and Islamic finance to economic warfare against the United States
-Why initial reports linked the 2008 stock market crash to economic terrorism–and why the Obama administration continues to look the other way
-How the financial attack unfolded–and how the perpetrators tried to cover their tracks
-Why you should expect another financial attack even more devastating than the last one–and how you can protect yourself from it
In Secret Weapon you’ll learn what our enemies know and what the Obama administration has chosen to ignore–that our financial system is profoundly vulnerable to financial terrorism and that we are being targeted for further and even more destructive attacks by our enemies, who want to cripple America’s position as the world’s leading economy. If you want to protect yourself and protect our country, then you need to read Secret Weapon to understand how we have entered a new age of warfare–an age our enemies want to make the Dark Ages of the United States.
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Nickel and Dimed
- By: Barbara Ehrenreich
- Narrator: Barbara Ehrenreich
- Length: 8 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: August 13, 2004
- Language: English
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3.65(181258 ratings)
3.65(181258 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDThis 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 BarbaraThis 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 take multiple low-paying jobs just to keep a roof overhead.
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Down the Up Escalator
- By: Barbara Garson
- Narrator: Jeanine Kane
- Length: 8 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
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3.63(122 ratings)
3.63(122 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.95 USDOne of our most incisive and committed journalists–author of the classic All the Livelong Day–shows us the real human cost of our economic follies. The Great Recession has thrown huge economic chal+!lenges at almost all Americans saveOne of our most incisive and committed journalists–author of the classic All the Livelong Day–shows us the real human cost of our economic follies.
The Great Recession has thrown huge economic chal+!lenges at almost all Americans save the superaffluent few, and we are only now beginning to reckon up the human toll it is taking. Down the Up Escalator is an urgent dispatch from the front lines of our vast collective struggle to keep our heads above water and maybe even–someday–get ahead. Garson has interviewed an economically and geographically wide variety of Americans to show the pain+!ful waste in all this loss and insecurity, and describe how individuals are coping. Her broader historical focus, though, is on the causes and consequences of the long stag+!nation of wages and how it has resulted in an increasingly desperate reliance on credit and a series of ever-larger bubbles–stocks, technology, real estate. This is no way to run an economy, or a democracy.
From the members of the Pink Slip Club in New York, to a California home health-care aide on the eve of eviction, to a subprime mortgage broker who still thinks it could have worked, Down the Up Escalator presents a sobering picture of what happens to a society when it becomes economically organized to benefit only the very rich and the quick-buck speculators. But it also demonstrates the wit and resilience of ordinary Americans–and why they deserve so much bet+!ter than the hand they’ve been dealt.
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The Lexus and the Olive Tree
- By: Thomas L. Friedman
- Narrator: Thomas L. Friedman
- Length: 23 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
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3.6(7398 ratings)
3.6(7398 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.95 USDAs the Foreign Affairs columnist for The New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman has traveled to the four corners of the globe, interviewing people from all walks of contemporary life — peasants in the Amazon rain forest, new entrepreneurs inAs the Foreign Affairs columnist for The New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman has traveled to the four corners of the globe, interviewing people from all walks of contemporary life — peasants in the Amazon rain forest, new entrepreneurs in Indonesia, Islamic students in Teheran, and the financial wizards on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley.
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Now Friedman has drawn on his years on the road to produce an engrossing and original look at the new international system that, more than anything else, is shaping world affairs today: globalization.
His argument can be summarized quite simply. Globalization is not just a phenomenon and not just a passing trend. It is the international system that replaced the Cold War system. Globalization is the integration of capital, technology and information across national borders, in a way that is creating a single global market and to some degree, a global village. You cannot understand the morning news or know where to invest you money or think about where the world is going unless you understand this new system, which is influencing the domestic policies and international relations of virtually every country in the world today. And once you do understand the world as Friedman explains it, you’ll never look at it quite the same way again.
Using original terms and concepts — from “The Electronic Herd” to “DOScapital 6.0” — Friedman shows us how to see this new system. With vivid stories, he dramatizes the conflict of “The Lexus and the Olive Tree” — the tension between the globalization system and ancient forms of culture, geography, tradition and community — and spells out what we all need to do to keep this system in balance.
Finding the proper balance between the Lexus and the olive tree is the great drama of the globilization era, and the ultimate theme of Friedman’s challenging, provocative book — essential listening for all who care about how the world really works. -
How Boards Work
- By: Dambisa Moyo
- Narrator: Dambisa Moyo
- Length: 8 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: May 04, 2021
- Language: English
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3.6(133 ratings)
3.6(133 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDA New York Times bestselling author and veteran board member offers an insider’s view of corporate boards, their struggles, and why they must adapt to survive.Corporate boards are under great pressure. Scandals and malpractice at companiesA New York Times bestselling author and veteran board member offers an insider’s view of corporate boards, their struggles, and why they must adapt to survive.
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Corporate boards are under great pressure. Scandals and malpractice at companies like Theranos, WeWork, Uber, and Wells Fargo have raised justified questions among regulators, shareholders, and the public about the quality of corporate governance. In How Boards Work, prizewinning economist and veteran board director Dambisa Moyo offers an insider’s view of corporate boards as they are buffeted by the turbulence of our times.
Moyo argues that corporations need boards that are more transparent, more knowledgeable, more diverse, and more deeply involved in setting the strategic course of the companies they lead. How Boards Work offers a road map for how boards can steer companies through tomorrow’s challenges and ensure they thrive to benefit their employees, shareholders, and society at large. -
The Payoff
- By: Jeff Connaughton
- Narrator: Jeff Connaughton
- Length: 7 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
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3.55(185 ratings)
3.55(185 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDBeginning in January 2009, The Payoff lays bare Washington’s culture of power and plutocracy. It’s the story of the twenty-month struggle by Senator Ted Kaufman and Jeff Connaughton, his chief of staff, to hold Wall Street executivesBeginning in January 2009, The Payoff lays bare Washington’s culture of power and plutocracy. It’s the story of the twenty-month struggle by Senator Ted Kaufman and Jeff Connaughton, his chief of staff, to hold Wall Street executives accountable for securities fraud, stop stock manipulation by high-frequency traders, and break up too-big-to-fail megabanks. This book takes us inside their dogged crusade against institutional inertia and industry influence as they encounter an outright reluctance by the Obama administration, the Justice Department, and the Securities and Exchange Commission to treat Wall Street crimes with the gravity they deserve. On financial reforms, Connaughton criticizes Democrats for relying on the very Wall Street technocrats who had failed to prevent the crisis and Republicans for staunchly opposing real reforms, primarily to enjoy a golden opportunity to siphon fundraising dollars from the Wall Street executives who had raised millions to elect Barack Obama president.
Connaughton, a former lawyer in the Clinton White House, illuminates the pivotal moments and key decisions in the fight for financial reform that have gone largely unreported. His arch, nonpartisan account chronicles the reasons why Wall Street’s worst offenses were left unpunished–and why it’s likely that the 2008 debacle will happen again.
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Outrageous Fortunes
- By: Daniel Altman
- Narrator: William Hughes
- Length: 7 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2011
- Language: English
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3.38(84 ratings)
3.38(84 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDAs individuals, companies, and countries struggle to recover from the economic crisis, many are narrowly focused on forecasts for the next week, month, or quarter. Yet they should be asking what the global economy will look like in the years toAs individuals, companies, and countries struggle to recover from the economic crisis, many are narrowly focused on forecasts for the next week, month, or quarter. Yet they should be asking what the global economy will look like in the years to come—where will the long-term risks and opportunities arise? These are the questions that Daniel Altman confronts in his provocative and indispensable book. The fate of the global economy, Altman argues, will be determined by deeper factors than those that move markets from moment to moment. His incisive analysis brings together hidden trends, societal pressures, and policy endgames to make twelve surprising but logical predictions about the years ahead. And his forecasts for the future raise a pressing question for today: with so many challenges awaiting us, are our political and economic institutions up to the task? Outrageous Fortunes shows which industries will grow, which economies will crumble, which investments will pay off, and where the next big crisis may occur. Altman’s carefully reasoned text is an essential guide for the road ahead.
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The Next Great Bubble Boom
- By: Harry S. Dent
- Narrator: Harry S. Dent
- Length: 5 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2004
- Language: English
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3.06(102 ratings)
3.06(102 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.95 USDFor over 15 years, New York Times bestselling author Harry S. Dent, Jr. has been uncannily accurate in predicting the financial future. In his three previous works, Dent predicted the financial recession of the early 90s, the economic expansion ofFor over 15 years, New York Times bestselling author Harry S. Dent, Jr. has been uncannily accurate in predicting the financial future. In his three previous works, Dent predicted the financial recession of the early 90s, the economic expansion of the mid-90s, and the financial free-for-all of 1998-2000.
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The Next Great Bubble Boom offers a comprehensive forecast for the next two decades, showing new models for predicting the future behavior of the economy, inflation, large and small cap stocks, bondsd, key sectors, and more. Dent gives advice on everything from investment strategies to real estate cycles, and shows not only how bright our future will be, but how best to profit from it.
Dent gives us something to look forward to, including:
• The Dow hitting 40,000 by the end of the decade
• The Nasdaq advancing at least ten times from October 2001 lows to around 13,500, and potentially as high as 20,ooo by 2009
• Another strong advance in stocks in 2005 with a significant correction into around September/October 2006
• The Great Boom willl resurge into its final and strongest stage in 2007, and even more fully in 2008, lasting untill late 2009 to early 2010
In The Next Bubble Boom, Dent reveals how the economic growth of the late 1990s was a prelude to the great boom around the corner and how all of us can reap its benefits.
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Cliff Weitzman
Cliff Weitzman is a dyslexia advocate and the CEO and founder of Speechify, the #1 text-to-speech app in the world, totaling over 100,000 5-star reviews and ranking first place in the App Store for the News & Magazines category. In 2017, Weitzman was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for his work making the internet more accessible to people with learning disabilities. Cliff Weitzman has been featured in EdSurge, Inc., PC Mag, Entrepreneur, Mashable, among other leading outlets.
Recent Blogs
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July 06, 2023
Which books are available on Spotify?
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July 06, 2023
Are audiobooks free on Spotify with membership?
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June 25, 2023
Top Destinations for Free eBooks and Audiobooks Online
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June 25, 2023
Best Alternative to Barnes & Noble Online
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June 25, 2023
The Best Places to Buy eBooks: Beyond the Kindle Ecosystem
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June 25, 2023
What are the best places to find free ebooks?
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June 25, 2023
Best Independent Companies to Buy eBooks from
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April 19, 2023
How many Game of Thrones books are there?
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April 19, 2023
Where to buy cheap books: A comprehensive guide
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April 19, 2023
How many Jack Reacher books are there?
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April 19, 2023
How many FNAF books are there?
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April 19, 2023
How many Warrior Cats books are there?
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April 19, 2023
How many Wheel of Time books are there?
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April 19, 2023
The best Vampire Survivors powerups in order
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April 19, 2023
How to read the Robert Galbraith books in order
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April 19, 2023
How to read the Artemis Fowl books in order
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April 19, 2023
How to read Craig Johnson’s books in order
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April 19, 2023
How to read Cassandra Clare’s books in order
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April 19, 2023
How to read Lee Child’s books in order
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April 18, 2023
How to read the In Death book series in order
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April 18, 2023
Best book quotes
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April 18, 2023
A tale of two cities reviewed
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April 18, 2023
All the President’s Men reviewed
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April 18, 2023
Tintin reviewed
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April 18, 2023
What are adult coloring books?
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April 18, 2023
How to read the Percy Jackson books in order
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April 11, 2023
How to find charities for the blind
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April 11, 2023
What is the best Bible app
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April 11, 2023
Where to find free audio Bible downloads
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April 11, 2023
What is the best free Bible app
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