Politics & Economy audiobooks

The Fight for China's Future

By: Willy Wo-Lap Lam

Narrated by: Richard Pryal

Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

The Fight for China’s Future throws light on the quintessence of 21st century Chinese politics through the prism of the struggle between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and China’s vibrant intelligentsia and civil society. This book examines Xi Jinping’s 24-hour, multi-dimensional, AI-enabled police-state apparatus and explores the CCP’s... Read more

63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read

By: Dick Russell & Jesse Ventura

Narrated by: George K. Wilson

Length: 12 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

There's the Freedom of Information Act, and then there's Ventura's way.



The official spin on numerous government programs is flat-out bull, according to Jesse Ventura. In this incredible collection of actual government documents, Ventura, the ultimate nonpartisan truth-seeker, proves it beyond any doubt. He and Dick Russell walk listeners... Read more

Critique of Interventionism

By: Ludwig von Mises

Narrated by: Jason Smith (Male Synthesized Voice)

Length: 4 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

In "Critique of Interventionism," Ludwig von Mises delves into the economic consequences and philosophical underpinnings of government intervention in the market. Mises argues that interventionism, which involves state interference in economic affairs while maintaining private ownership, inevitably leads to unintended consequences, distortions,... Read more

The “Narrative Intelligence” of the Greek Myths

By: Carol Pearson, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Most of us are trapped in the stories we tell ourselves; they guide what we pay attention to. When we expand that story, our possibilities increase. Archetypes, such as found in the Greek myths, can help us identify and change a debilitating tale into a powerful one that shifts our perspective and changes what we are noticing. This can enhance... Read more

The Fourth Industrial Revolution

By: Klaus Schwab

Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

World-renowned economist Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, explains that we have an opportunity to shape the fourth industrial revolu­tion, which will fundamentally alter how we live and work.

Schwab argues that this revolution is different in scale, scope and complexity from any that have come before.... Read more

Economics 101: How the World Works

By: Michael Ellerbrock

Narrated by: Michael Ellerbrock

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Join Virginia Tech economics professor Michael Ellerbrock, the recipient of numerous teaching awards, for a comprehensive, jargon-free overview of the principles and applications of economics.
 
Economics has been called the “Dismal Science,” yet it has also been deemed a field worthy of a Nobel Prize. In this enlightening audio course, Prof.... Read more

Rising Tide

By: Randy Roberts & Ed Krzemienski

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 15 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The extraordinary story of how Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and Joe Namath, his star quarterback at the University of Alabama, led the Crimson Tide to victory and transformed football into a truly national pastime.

During the bloodiest years of the civil rights movement, Bear Bryant and Joe Namath-two of the most iconic and controversial figures in... Read more

Benjamin Franklin

By: D.G. Hart

Narrated by: David Cochran Heath

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Benjamin Franklin grew up in a devout Protestant family with limited prospects for wealth and fame. By hard work, limitless curiosity, native intelligence, and luck (what he called "providence"), Franklin became one of Philadelphia's most prominent leaders, a world recognized scientist, and the United States' leading diplomat during the War for... Read more

The Complacent Class

By: Tyler Cowen

Narrated by: Walter Dixon

Length: 7 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Since Alexis de Tocqueville, restlessness has been accepted as a signature American trait. Our willingness to move, take risks, and adapt to change have produced a dynamic economy and a tradition of innovation from Ben Franklin to Steve Jobs.

The problem, according to legendary blogger, economist and best selling author Tyler Cowen, is that... Read more

The Middle Road

By: Christopher Collier & James Lincoln Collier

Narrated by: Jim Manchester

Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

History is dramatic—and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers. Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving... Read more

Human Rights

By: Andrew Clapham

Narrated by: Peter Lerman

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Today it is usually not long before a problem gets expressed as a human rights issue. Indeed, human rights law continues to gain increasing attention internationally, and must move quickly in order to keep up with a social world that changes so rapidly.



This Very Short Introduction, in its second edition, brings the issue of human rights up to... Read more

Money Without Boundaries

By: Thomas J. Anderson

Narrated by: Graham Winton

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover how blockchain will facilitate a new currency that will transcend space and time Largely inspired by The Denationalization of Money by Fredrich Hayek, Money Without Boundaries' ideological foundation is also inspired by economists and thought leaders like Milton Friedman and Irving Fisher, advancements in capital markets over the past... Read more

Blind Ambition

By: John W. Dean

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 14 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

This New York Times bestseller is an insider's account of the fall of Richard Nixon and has remained an indispensable source into Nixon's presidency. Blind Ambition is an autobiographical account of a young lawyer who accelerated to the top of the Federal power structure to become Counsel to the President at thirty years of age, only to discover... Read more

A Sense of Balance

By: John Howard

Narrated by: John Howard

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

On how our sense of balance has defined us as a nation and will safeguard our future.
In the years that John Howard served in the national parliament he came to understand the special character of Australia; to appreciate its strengths and weaknesses; and most importantly to respect the sense of balance in the formulation of public policy that... Read more

The Constitution in Jeopardy

By: Russ Feingold & Peter Prindiville

Narrated by: Jim Seybert, Russ Feingold & Peter Prindiville

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A former U.S. senator joins a legal scholar to examine a hushed effort to radically change our Constitution, offering a warning and a way forward.

Over the last two decades, a fringe plan to call a convention under the Constitution's amendment mechanism—the nation's first ever—has inched through statehouses. Delegates, like those in Philadelphia... Read more

Wasted

By: Byron Reese & Scott Hoffman

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Wasted is a riveting exploration of the complicated, and often surprising, ways that waste occurs in our businesses, our communities, and our lives

“A smart, unconventional book that takes readers far beyond what they think they know about a complex subject.”—Kari Byron, former cast member of MythBusters

Waste. We spend a great deal of energy... Read more

American Schism

By: Seth David Radwell

Narrated by: Mike Lenz

Length: 15 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

The political dialogue in America has collapsed. Raw and bitter emotions such as anger and resentment have crowded out any logical debate. In this investigative tracing of our nation's divergent roots, author Seth David Radwell explains that only reasoned analysis and historical perspective can act as salves for the irrational political... Read more

American Awakening

By: Joshua Mitchell

Narrated by: Chris Abell

Length: 7 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

In American Awakening, Joshua Mitchell compares today’s secular politics of identity—skin tone, gender, and sexuality—to the religious awakenings of America’s past. The book asks where the clerisy of identity politics came from, how identity politics claimed a death grip on liberalism, and how can it be defeated.We are living in the midst of an... Read more

An Empire of Wealth

By: John Steele Gordon

Narrated by: Bob Souer

Length: 14 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Throughout time, from ancient Rome to modern Britain, the great empires built and maintained their domination through force of arms and political power. But not the United States. America has dominated the world in a new, peaceful, and pervasive way—through the continued creation of staggering wealth. In this authoritative, engrossing history,... Read more

Affirmative Action Around the World

By: Thomas Sowell

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

An eminent authority presents a new perspective on affirmative action in a provocative book that stirred fresh debate about this vitally important issue when it was published in 2005.In this important book, an eminent authority presents a new perspective on affirmative action, investigating its actual consequences in the United States and in... Read more

American Values

By: Robert F. Kennedy

Narrated by: Stephen Graybill

Length: 15 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

With rich detail, compelling honesty, and a storyteller’s gift, RFK Jr. describes growing up Kennedy in a tumultuous time in history that eerily echoes the issues of nuclear confrontation, religion, race, and inequality that we confront today. This powerful book combines the best aspects of memoir and political history. The third child of... Read more

Vulture Capitalism

By: Grace Blakeley

Narrated by: Grace Blakeley

Length: 11 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

In the vein of The Shock Doctrine and Evil Geniuses, this timely and “galvanizing” (Naomi Klein, New York Times bestselling author) manifesto illustrates how corporate and political power brokers have used capitalism to advance their own interests at the expense of the rest of us—and how we can take back our economy.

It’s easy to look at the... Read more

Criminal Fraud and Election Disinformation

By: Jeremy Horder

Narrated by: Jonathan Johns

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Deliberate mischaracterization of political opponents and their policies has always been a part of politics; however, lying, dishonesty, and distortion of the facts remain morally wrong and have the potential to obstruct important political interests. For example, a false or misleading claim publicized about an election candidate may lead... Read more

Генэральская зорка

By: Мечыслаў Грыб

Narrated by: Мечыслаў Грыб

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Cучасныя мэмуары. Чытае аўтар. Упершыню прагучалі на хвалях Радыё Свабода з 25.10.2004 па 26.11.2004.
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