Economic Development in Economics & Business & Finance Audiobooks

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Capital and Ideology

by Thomas Piketty ...

Narrated by Rick Adamson ...

Unabridged

48 hours 57 min

The epic successor to one of the most important books of the century: at once a retelling of global history, a scathing critique of contemporary politics, and a bold proposal for a new and fairer economic systemThomas Piketty’s bestselling Capital in the Twenty-First Century galvanized global debate about inequality. In this audacious follow-up, Piketty challenges us to revolutionize how we think ... Read more

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The epic successor to one of the most important books of the century: at once a retelling of global history, a scathing critique of contemporary politics, and a bold proposal for a new and fairer economic systemThomas Piketty’s bestselling Capital in the Twenty-First Century galvanized global debate about inequality. In this audacious follow-up, Piketty challenges us to revolutionize how we think
... Read more
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A Culture of Growth

The Origins of the Modern Economy

by Joel Mokyr ...

Narrated by Anu Anand ...

Unabridged

15 hours 50 min

**From Nobel Prize –winning economist Joel Mokyr, a classic book now available on audioWith narration by Anu Anand, who tells the story of how Enlightenment culture sparked the Industrial RevolutionDuring the late eighteenth century, innovations in Europe triggered the Industrial Revolution and the sustained economic progress that spread across the globe. While much has been made of the details of ... Read more

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**From Nobel Prize –winning economist Joel Mokyr, a classic book now available on audioWith narration by Anu Anand, who tells the story of how Enlightenment culture sparked the Industrial RevolutionDuring the late eighteenth century, innovations in Europe triggered the Industrial Revolution and the sustained economic progress that spread across the globe. While much has been made of the details of
... Read more
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The Power to Change

Stoic Strategies to Transform Your Life

by Chuck Chakrapani ...

Narrated by Eric Sigmundsson ...

Unabridged

5 hours 46 min

YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE, BUT KNOWING WHERE YOU WANT TO GO IS NOT ENOUGH. YOU ALSO NEED TO KNOW HOW TO GET THERE.The Power to Change shows how to use Stoic principles to create a successful life and provides a clear road map and directions to get there. It will guide you in designing a life that flows well and dealing with problems that arise in everyday living.More than two thousand ... Read more

$31.99 USD

YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE, BUT KNOWING WHERE YOU WANT TO GO IS NOT ENOUGH. YOU ALSO NEED TO KNOW HOW TO GET THERE.The Power to Change shows how to use Stoic principles to create a successful life and provides a clear road map and directions to get there. It will guide you in designing a life that flows well and dealing with problems that arise in everyday living.More than two thousand
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The Resilience Imperative

Cooperative Transitions to a Steady-state Economy

by Michael Lewis, Pat Conaty ...

Narrated by Eric Pollins ...

Unabridged

16 hours 43 min

We find ourselves between a rock and a hot place compelled by the intertwining forces of peak oil and climate change to reinvent our economic life at a much more local and regional scale. The Resilience Imperative argues for a major SEE (Social, Ecological, Economic) Change as a prerequisite for replacing the paradigm of limitless economic growth with a more decentralized, cooperative, steady ... Read more

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We find ourselves between a rock and a hot place compelled by the intertwining forces of peak oil and climate change to reinvent our economic life at a much more local and regional scale. The Resilience Imperative argues for a major SEE (Social, Ecological, Economic) Change as a prerequisite for replacing the paradigm of limitless economic growth with a more decentralized, cooperative, steady
... Read more
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Change Starts with You

Following Your Fire to Heal a Broken World

by Sam Acho ...

Narrated by Sam Acho, Gabe Wicks ...

Unabridged

3 hours 43 min

Read by the author.Injustice, division, and suffering may loom large in this broken world, but you have the power to stand up for truth, unity, and healing. Join writer, motivational speaker, humanitarian, and NFL veteran Sam Acho as he gives you the courage you need to be a changemaker.When gold is put into a crucible over a fire, the impurities (known as "dross") rise to the top. When faced with ... Read more

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Read by the author.Injustice, division, and suffering may loom large in this broken world, but you have the power to stand up for truth, unity, and healing. Join writer, motivational speaker, humanitarian, and NFL veteran Sam Acho as he gives you the courage you need to be a changemaker.When gold is put into a crucible over a fire, the impurities (known as "dross") rise to the top. When faced with
... Read more
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Gambling on Development

Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose

by Stefan Dercon ...

Narrated by Michael Langan ...

Unabridged

12 hours 10 min

In the last thirty years, the developing world has undergone tremendous changes. Overall, poverty has fallen, people live longer and healthier lives, and economies have been transformed. And yet many countries have simply missed the boat. Why have some countries prospered, while others have failed? Stefan Dercon argues that the answer lies not in a specific set of policies, but rather in a key ... Read more

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In the last thirty years, the developing world has undergone tremendous changes. Overall, poverty has fallen, people live longer and healthier lives, and economies have been transformed. And yet many countries have simply missed the boat. Why have some countries prospered, while others have failed? Stefan Dercon argues that the answer lies not in a specific set of policies, but rather in a key
... Read more
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Por uma Educação com Propósito

Contornos Regulatórios do CADE e do MEC na Educação Superior Privada

by Nydia Almeida Saraiva Lippelt ...

Narrated by Voz Artificial ...

Abridged

4 hours 38 min

Em Por uma Educação com Propósito, Nydia Lippelt conduz o leitor por uma análise clara e instigante sobre o papel do Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE) e do Ministério da Educação (MEC) na regulação da educação superior privada no Brasil — setor que concentra cerca de 88% de matrículas no país. A obra examina como decisões regulatórias, instrumentos de política pública e dinâmicas ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Em Por uma Educação com Propósito, Nydia Lippelt conduz o leitor por uma análise clara e instigante sobre o papel do Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE) e do Ministério da Educação (MEC) na regulação da educação superior privada no Brasil — setor que concentra cerca de 88% de matrículas no país. A obra examina como decisões regulatórias, instrumentos de política pública e dinâmicas
... Read more
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Operation Shakespeare

The True Story of an Elite International Sting

by John Shiffman ...

Narrated by David Drummond ...

Unabridged

9 hours 5 min

In Operation Shakespeare, investigative journalist John Shiffman traces a high-risk undercover operation launched by an elite undercover Homeland Security unit created to stop the Iranians, Russians, Chinese, Pakistanis, and North Koreans from acquiring sophisticated American-made electronics capable of guiding missiles, jamming radar, and triggering countless weapons—from wireless IEDs to nuclear ... Read more

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In Operation Shakespeare, investigative journalist John Shiffman traces a high-risk undercover operation launched by an elite undercover Homeland Security unit created to stop the Iranians, Russians, Chinese, Pakistanis, and North Koreans from acquiring sophisticated American-made electronics capable of guiding missiles, jamming radar, and triggering countless weapons—from wireless IEDs to nuclear
... Read more
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The Rise of the Rest

How Entrepreneurs in Surprising Places are Building the New American Dream

by Steve Case ...

Narrated by Steve Case ...

Unabridged

7 hours 56 min

Steve Case, New York Times bestselling author of The Third Wave and cofounder of America Online shows how entrepreneurs across the country are building groundbreaking companies, renewing communities, and creating new jobs—reimagining the American landscape “and [giving] us hope for America’s future” (Ken Burns).In 2014, Steve Case launched Revolution’s Rise of the Rest, an initiative to accelerate ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Steve Case, New York Times bestselling author of The Third Wave and cofounder of America Online shows how entrepreneurs across the country are building groundbreaking companies, renewing communities, and creating new jobs—reimagining the American landscape “and [giving] us hope for America’s future” (Ken Burns).In 2014, Steve Case launched Revolution’s Rise of the Rest, an initiative to accelerate
... Read more
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Reskilling America

Learning to Labor in the 21st Century

by Katherine S. Newman ...

Narrated by Callie Beaulieu ...

Unabridged

8 hours 57 min

After decades of off-shoring and downsizing that have left blue collar workers obsolete, the United States is now on the verge of an industrial renaissance. We don't have a skilled labor pool to fill the positions that will be created, which are technically demanding and require specialized skills. A decades-long series of idealistic educational policies with the expressed goal of getting every ... Read more

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After decades of off-shoring and downsizing that have left blue collar workers obsolete, the United States is now on the verge of an industrial renaissance. We don't have a skilled labor pool to fill the positions that will be created, which are technically demanding and require specialized skills. A decades-long series of idealistic educational policies with the expressed goal of getting every
... Read more
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Monetizing Innovation

Creating Value Through Disruption

by Favour Emeli ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Archie G ...

Unabridged

4 hours 34 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Innovation is only valuable if it can be monetized effectively. This book examines how disruptive ideas are turned into profitable ventures. From pricing strategies to market positioning, learn how to capture value from groundbreaking innovations.With case studies from industries like tech, healthcare, and renewable energy, this book provides a roadmap ... Read more

$8.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Innovation is only valuable if it can be monetized effectively. This book examines how disruptive ideas are turned into profitable ventures. From pricing strategies to market positioning, learn how to capture value from groundbreaking innovations.With case studies from industries like tech, healthcare, and renewable energy, this book provides a roadmap
... Read more
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El negocio del siglo XXI

by Robert T. Kiyosaki, Kim Kiyosaki ...

Narrated by Jesús Flores ...

Unabridged

5 hours 3 min

Robert T. Kiyosaki explica por qué en este siglo, pese a las crisis económicas, es la mejor época para empezar un negocio.Del autor de Padre Rico, Padre Pobre, el libro #1 de finanzas personales y bestseller de The New York Times por más de seis años.Robert Kiyosaki te explica que el problema no es la economía: el problema, eres tú.¿Te molesta la corrupción en el mundo corporativo?... ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Robert T. Kiyosaki explica por qué en este siglo, pese a las crisis económicas, es la mejor época para empezar un negocio.Del autor de Padre Rico, Padre Pobre, el libro #1 de finanzas personales y bestseller de The New York Times por más de seis años.Robert Kiyosaki te explica que el problema no es la economía: el problema, eres tú.¿Te molesta la corrupción en el mundo corporativo?...
... Read more
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Harness It: Renewable Energy Technologies and Project Development Models Transforming the Grid

by Michael Ginsberg ...

Narrated by Bob Souer ...

Unabridged

3 hours 46 min

Following an overview of the technical and historical development of the electric grid in the U.S. and Europe, this guide reviews hydropower, solar photovoltaics, wind energy, fuel cell, and battery technologies. The author also presents models for the connection of these renewable energy sources from large-scale to on-site and community power/microgrids. The models are explained through case ... Read more

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Following an overview of the technical and historical development of the electric grid in the U.S. and Europe, this guide reviews hydropower, solar photovoltaics, wind energy, fuel cell, and battery technologies. The author also presents models for the connection of these renewable energy sources from large-scale to on-site and community power/microgrids. The models are explained through case
... Read more
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How Big-Tech Barons Smash Innovation—and How to Strike Back

by Maurice E. Stucke, Ariel Ezrachi ...

Narrated by Scott R. Pollak ...

Unabridged

7 hours 52 min

Two market experts deconstruct the drivers and inhibitors to innovation in the digital economy, explain how large tech companies can stifle disruption, assess the toll of their technologies on our well-being and democracy, and outline policy changes to take power away from big tech and return it to entrepreneurs.Silicon Valley’s genius combined with limited corporate regulation promised a new age ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Two market experts deconstruct the drivers and inhibitors to innovation in the digital economy, explain how large tech companies can stifle disruption, assess the toll of their technologies on our well-being and democracy, and outline policy changes to take power away from big tech and return it to entrepreneurs.Silicon Valley’s genius combined with limited corporate regulation promised a new age
... Read more
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The Allocator's Edge

A Modern Guide to Alternative Investments and the Future of Diversification

by Phil Huber ...

Narrated by Warren Sandwell ...

Unabridged

8 hours 4 min

We are entering a golden age of alternative investments.Alternative asset classes including private equity, hedge funds, catastrophe reinsurance, real assets, non-traditional credit, alternative risk premia, digital assets, collectibles, and other novel assets are now available to investors and their advisors in a way that they never have been before.The pursuit of diversification is not as ... Read more

$24.99 USD

We are entering a golden age of alternative investments.Alternative asset classes including private equity, hedge funds, catastrophe reinsurance, real assets, non-traditional credit, alternative risk premia, digital assets, collectibles, and other novel assets are now available to investors and their advisors in a way that they never have been before.The pursuit of diversification is not as
... Read more
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A Business Guide To Making Money With AI

A Playbook For Creating Multiple Income Streams Using Artificial Intelligence

by Brian Anderson ...

Narrated by AI Voice ...

Unabridged

5 hours 45 min

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A Business Guide to Making Money with AIGenerate Real Revenue in Just 90 Days — No Tech Background NeededThe greatest revenue opportunity of our time is already here — and you're not too late.While most are still experimenting with AI, a growing group of everyday entrepreneurs are using tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok to build real ... Read more

$14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A Business Guide to Making Money with AIGenerate Real Revenue in Just 90 Days — No Tech Background NeededThe greatest revenue opportunity of our time is already here — and you're not too late.While most are still experimenting with AI, a growing group of everyday entrepreneurs are using tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok to build real
... Read more
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The Third Pillar

How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind

by Raghuram Rajan ...

Narrated by Raghuram Rajan, Jason Culp ...

Unabridged

19 hours 2 min

**Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardFrom one of the most important economic thinkers of our time, a brilliant and far-seeing analysis of the current populist backlash against globalization.**Raghuram Rajan, distinguished University of Chicago professor, former IMF chief economist, head of India's central bank, and author of the 2010 FT-Goldman-Sachs Book ... Read more

$27.50 USD

**Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardFrom one of the most important economic thinkers of our time, a brilliant and far-seeing analysis of the current populist backlash against globalization.**Raghuram Rajan, distinguished University of Chicago professor, former IMF chief economist, head of India's central bank, and author of the 2010 FT-Goldman-Sachs Book
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Prophetic City

Houston on the Cusp of a Changing America

by Stephen L. Klineberg ...

Narrated by Danny Campbell ...

Unabridged

9 hours 34 min

Sociologist Stephen Klineberg presents “a trailblazing study” (Kirkus Reviews) that shows how the city of Houston has emerged as a microcosm for America’s future—based on a meticulously researched, thirty-eight-year study of its changing economic, demographic, and cultural landscapes.Houston, Texas, long thought of as a traditionally blue-collar black/white Southern city, has transformed into one ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Sociologist Stephen Klineberg presents “a trailblazing study” (Kirkus Reviews) that shows how the city of Houston has emerged as a microcosm for America’s future—based on a meticulously researched, thirty-eight-year study of its changing economic, demographic, and cultural landscapes.Houston, Texas, long thought of as a traditionally blue-collar black/white Southern city, has transformed into one
... Read more
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Streets of Gold

America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success

by Ran Abramitzky, Leah Boustan ...

Narrated by Rachel Botchan ...

Unabridged

6 hours 34 min

Immigration is a fraught and misunderstood topic in America’s social discourse, with much of what we believe based largely on myth. Ran Abramitzky and Leah Boustan have spent the last decade searching for the facts. Their pioneeringresearch digs deep into the data on immigration, linking the experiences of immigrants from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to those of immigrants today. ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Immigration is a fraught and misunderstood topic in America’s social discourse, with much of what we believe based largely on myth. Ran Abramitzky and Leah Boustan have spent the last decade searching for the facts. Their pioneeringresearch digs deep into the data on immigration, linking the experiences of immigrants from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to those of immigrants today.
... Read more
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Framers

Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil

by Kenneth Cukier, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Francis de Véricourt ...

Narrated by Kaleo Griffith ...

Unabridged

7 hours 46 min

“Cukier and his co-authors have a more ambitious project than Kahneman and Harari. They don’t want to just point out how powerfully we are influenced by our perspectives and prejudices—our frames. They want to show us that these frames are tools, and that we can optimise their use.”—ForbesFrom pandemics to populism, AI to ISIS, wealth inequity to climate change, humanity faces unprecedented ... Read more

$17.50 USD

“Cukier and his co-authors have a more ambitious project than Kahneman and Harari. They don’t want to just point out how powerfully we are influenced by our perspectives and prejudices—our frames. They want to show us that these frames are tools, and that we can optimise their use.”—ForbesFrom pandemics to populism, AI to ISIS, wealth inequity to climate change, humanity faces unprecedented
... Read more
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Trust

Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries

by Tarun Khanna ...

Narrated by James Gillies ...

Unabridged

5 hours 24 min

Entrepreneurs in developing countries who assume they will have the same legal, governmental, and institutional protections as their counterparts in the West will fail. To succeed, they need to build trust within the existing structures--and this book shows how it's done.Western countries have created layers of laws, regulations and other kinds of structural protections to enable entrepreneurs to ... Read more

$18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Entrepreneurs in developing countries who assume they will have the same legal, governmental, and institutional protections as their counterparts in the West will fail. To succeed, they need to build trust within the existing structures--and this book shows how it's done.Western countries have created layers of laws, regulations and other kinds of structural protections to enable entrepreneurs to
... Read more
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New Economy – What to do with Seven Billion Spare Humans, The

How AI Reshapes Business, Work, and What It Means to Be Human

by L. Eric James, JD MS, Zachary Johnson, BSE ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Narrator E, Digital Voice AI Agent E ...

Unabridged

3 hours 55 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.What happens when seven billion people are no longer needed to keep the economy running?That's not a dystopian premise. It's a question we'll answer within our lifetimes, and the answer isn't what most people expect.The prevailing narrative says AI will make big companies bigger and everyone else irrelevant. That a handful of megacorporations will own ... Read more

$15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.What happens when seven billion people are no longer needed to keep the economy running?That's not a dystopian premise. It's a question we'll answer within our lifetimes, and the answer isn't what most people expect.The prevailing narrative says AI will make big companies bigger and everyone else irrelevant. That a handful of megacorporations will own
... Read more
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The Science of Scaling

Using Data to Decide When-and How Fast-to Scale Revenue

by Mark Roberge ...

Narrated by David Stifel ...

Unabridged

6 hours 31 min

Are You Ready to Scale Sales? How Fast?These two questions are mission critical to the success of any startup, product launch, or market expansion. Yet, too often we rely on gut feel―or let irrelevant signals like a recent fundraise or comparisons to past unicorns―to drive our decisions.The Science of Scaling offers a rigorous framework for founders, executives, and investors to calculate the ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Are You Ready to Scale Sales? How Fast?These two questions are mission critical to the success of any startup, product launch, or market expansion. Yet, too often we rely on gut feel―or let irrelevant signals like a recent fundraise or comparisons to past unicorns―to drive our decisions.The Science of Scaling offers a rigorous framework for founders, executives, and investors to calculate the
... Read more
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Wirtschaftsfaktor Patriotismus - Vaterlandsliebe in Zeiten der Globalisierung

by Henrik Müller ...

Narrated by Claudia Lietz ...

Unabridged

7 hours 46 min

Ein interessanter Beitrag zur Debatte um wirtschaftspolitische Fragen!Seit einigen Jahren ist erkennbar, dass die deutsche Wirtschaft schwächelt. Und auch die Stimmung im Land ist schlecht, weil die Gesellschaft verängstigt und verzagt ist. Und das alles nur, weil die Deutschen nicht patriotisch genug sind – so jedenfalls lautet Henrik Müllers These. Denn gerade in Zeiten der Globalisierung ist es ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Ein interessanter Beitrag zur Debatte um wirtschaftspolitische Fragen!Seit einigen Jahren ist erkennbar, dass die deutsche Wirtschaft schwächelt. Und auch die Stimmung im Land ist schlecht, weil die Gesellschaft verängstigt und verzagt ist. Und das alles nur, weil die Deutschen nicht patriotisch genug sind – so jedenfalls lautet Henrik Müllers These. Denn gerade in Zeiten der Globalisierung ist es
... Read more

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