Politics & Economy audiobooks

Immun gegen Unsinn

By: Thilo Baum

Narrated by: Thilo Baum

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Erkennen, was stimmt und was nicht Dieses Hörbuch vermittelt eine Fähigkeit, die trotz Aufklärung und Bildung nach wie vor in der Gesellschaft unterrepräsentiert ist: sich anhand gesicherter Erkenntnisse eine fundierte Meinung zu bilden. Wir bilden uns unsere Meinungen anhand dessen, was wir zu wissen glauben. Beruht unsere Meinung auf Irrtümern... Read more

Jump-Starting America

By: Jonathan Gruber & Simon Johnson

Narrated by: Robert Fass

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

The untold story of how America once created the most successful economy the world has ever seen—and how we can do it again.

The American economy glitters on the outside, but the reality is quite different. Job opportunities and economic growth are increasingly concentrated in a few crowded coastal enclaves. Corporations and investors are... Read more

Boomsday

By: Christopher Buckley

Narrated by: Janeane Garofalo

Length: 10 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Outraged over the mounting Social Security debt, Cassandra Devine, a charismatic 29-year-old blogger and member of Generation Whatever, incites massive cultural warfare when she politely suggests that Baby Boomers be given government incentives to kill themselves by age 75. Her modest proposal catches fire with millions of citizens, chief among... Read more

When China Rules the World

By: Martin Jacques

Narrated by: Scott Peterson

Length: 13 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

HOW CHINA'S ASCENDANCE AS AN ECONOMIC SUPERPOWER WILL ALTER THE CULTURAL, POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND ETHNIC BALANCE OF GLOBAL POWER IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, UNSEATING THE WEST AND IN THE PROCESS CREATING A WHOLE NEW WORLD

According to even the most conservative estimates, China will overtake the United States as the world's largest economy by... Read more

No Heroes, No Monsters

By: Anna Ardin

Narrated by: Anna Ardin

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

No Heroes, No Monsters focuses on the dramatic struggle of Anna Ardin, the WikiLeaks activist who, in 2010, came forward to report sexual abuse by Julian Assange. This is her testimony to a legal trial that was replaced by an Internet tribunal. A tribunal where women's rights are all too often both neglected and weaponized. A tribunal that every... Read more

The Federalist Society

By: Michael Avery & Danielle McLaughlin

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Over the last thirty years, the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies has grown from a small group of disaffected conservative law students into an organization with extraordinary influence over American law and politics. Although the organization is unknown to the average citizen, this group of intellectuals has managed to... Read more

A Brotherhood of Spies

By: Monte Reel

Narrated by: Paul Michael

Length: 14 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

A thrilling dramatic narrative of the top-secret Cold War-era spy plane operation that transformed the CIA and brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the brink of disaster

On May 1, 1960, an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union just weeks before a peace summit between the two nations. The CIA concocted a cover story for... Read more

An American Summer

By: Alex Kotlowitz

Narrated by: Alex Kotlowitz

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

2020 J. ANTHONY LUKAS PRIZE WINNER

From the bestselling author of There Are No Children Here, a richly textured, heartrending portrait of love and death in Chicago's most turbulent neighborhoods.

The numbers are staggering: over the past twenty years in Chicago, 14,033 people have been killed and another roughly 60,000 wounded by gunfire. What... Read more

The Double X Economy

By: Linda Scott

Narrated by: Kitty Hendrix & Linda Scott

Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

This program includes an introduction read by the author

Winner of the 2020 Porchlight Business Book of the Year Award

One of The Guardian's Best Books of 2020. Finalist for the 2020 Royal Science Society Book Prize and the 2020 Porchlight Business Book Awards. Longlisted for the 2020 Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year

“Linda... Read more

Elisabetta II

By: Anna King

Narrated by: Carla Orrù

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Per chi non è nato in Gran Bretagna è molto difficile capire il profondo legame tra Elisabetta II e il suo popolo.
Con i suoi cappellini, i suoi cani corgi, la sua passione per le automobili veloci, per lo champagne e per i purosangue di razza, ma anche con il suo stile e con la sua dedizione all’istituzione che rappresenta con fierezza, questa... Read more

Land

By: Martin Adams

Narrated by: Sierra Prasada

Length: 3 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

What if we lived in a world where everyone had enough? A world where everyone mattered and where people lived in harmony with nature? What if the solution to our economic, social, and ecological problems was right underneath our feet? Land has been sought after throughout history. Even today, people struggle to get onto the property ladder; most... Read more

The Greatest Generation

By: Albert Childs & Albert Jack

Narrated by: Albert Jack

Length: 2 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

The Greatest Generation is the first hand account of an English soldier who began his army career with the Long Range Desert Group in 1940, raided with David's Sterling's Special Air Service, volunteered for the 1st Airborne Division and took part in their first ever jump. 
He then transferred to the 6th Airborne in 1943 and with them he dropped... Read more

John & Abigail Adams: America’s First Political Couple

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Michelle Humphries

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

John Adams has become one of the more popular presidents in history relatively recently, but it was not always so. For most of his life he was seen as a bit of an outsider, different from his fellow first presidents in his temperament, birth, life and politics. Adams and his son were the only presidents out of the first seven who were born north... Read more

El universo neoliberal. Recuento de sus lugares comunes

By: Alfredo Fernando Calcagno & Alfredo Eric Calcagno

Narrated by: Diego Longstaff

Length: 11 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

En este magnífico libro, los autores aplican su amplia experiencia en la economía de América Latina a deconstruir los sofismas del capitalismo financiero global, sus dramáticas consecuencias para los pueblos, el ecosistema y la convivencia democrática. Una valiosa contribución al conocimiento de las especulaciones del actual capitalismo... Read more

Hearts Touched by Fire

By: Harold Holzer

Narrated by: various narrators, Joe Barrett, Traber Burns, R...

Length: 50 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In July 1883, just a few days after the twentieth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, a group of editors at the Century magazine engaged in a lively argument: Which Civil War battle was the bloodiest battle of them all? One claimed it was Chickamauga, another Cold Harbor. The argument inspired a brainstorm: Why not let the magazine’s... Read more

It's Not as Bad as You Think

By: Brian S. Wesbury

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

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WWII Biographies

By: Sage Winters

Narrated by: Valentine Hatchers

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

This book consists of two biographies, related to World War II:
Churchill's War - Winston Churchill is remembered as one of history’s most formidable leaders, a man whose unwavering resolve and stirring oratory inspired a beleaguered nation to withstand its darkest hour. Rising to prominence during one of humanity’s most perilous times,... Read more

Final Call

By: Daniela Schwarzer

Narrated by: Sabrina Gander

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Europa steht vor einem Make-it-or-Break-it-Moment. Nie waren die inneren Fliehkräfte so stark, nie der äußere Druck auf die Europäische Union und ihre Mitglieder so groß. Wir stecken in einem Systemkonflikt mit autoritären Regimen wie China und Russland. Die renommierte Europaexpertin und Politikberaterin Daniela Schwarzer analysiert so nüchtern... Read more

Soft Power

By: Robert Winder

Narrated by: Hugh Kermode

Length: 13 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In recent years the modern world has developed a brave new concept: 'soft power'. It is the power of friendly persuasion rather than command, and it invites nations to compete (as they did in the nineteenth century) to expand their 'sphere of influence' as brands in a global marketplace.

In Bloody Foreigners and The Last Wolf, Robert Winder... Read more

For the People

By: Larry Krasner

Narrated by: Nathan Krasner

Length: 10 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Philadelphia’s progressive district attorney offers an inspiring vision of how people can take back power to reform criminal justice, based on lessons from a life’s work as an advocate for the accused.

“Larry Krasner is at the forefront of a movement to disrupt a system. This is a story that needs to be read by millions.”—Bryan Stevenson, author... Read more

Mastering Forex Trading: Strategies for Success in the Global Currency Market

By: Alexandra Thompson

Narrated by: Alexandra Thompson

Length: 4 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

"Mastering Forex Trading: Strategies for Success in the Global Currency Market: A Comprehensive Guide to Unlocking Financial Freedom." is a comprehensive guide that offers readers a deep dive into the world of forex trading. Authored by seasoned experts in the field, this book provides a wealth of knowledge, practical strategies, and invaluable... Read more

Decade of Disunion

By: Robert W. Merry

Narrated by: Jacques Roy

Length: 16 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

With “characteristic wisdom and grace” (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author) Robert W. Merry explores a critical lesson about our nation that is as timely today as ever demonstrating how the country came apart during the enveloping slavery crisis of the 1850s.

The Mexican War brought vast new territories to the United States, which... Read more

Financial Meltdowns: Uncovering the Shocking Truths that Shaped America

By: Jasper Winslow

Narrated by: Nick Porter

Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Financial Meltdowns: Uncovering the Shocking Truths that Shaped America
Are you eager to enhance your understanding of America's financial history and uncover the shocking truths behind its upheavals?
Searching for a comprehensive guide that explores the vital lessons from history’s financial crises?
Your quest ends here!
This audiobook serves as... Read more

Yeager

By: Chuck Yeager

Narrated by: Chris Browning, Pamela Dillman, David Stifel, D...

Length: 14 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER • A one-of-a-kind portrait of a true American hero: General Chuck Yeager 
 
“The secret of my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day.”
 
General Chuck Yeager was the greatest test pilot of them all—the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound . . . the World War II flying ace who shot down... Read more