Politics & Economy audiobooks

How Polarization Begets Polarization

By: Thomas L. Brunell, Bernard Grofman & Samuel Mer...

Narrated by: Thomas L. Brunell

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Extreme polarization in American politics is perhaps the most confounding political phenomenon of our time. This book binds together polarization in Congress and polarization in the electorate within an ever-expanding feedback loop. This loop is powered by the discipline exerted by the respective political parties on their Congressional members... Read more

Doing Business in Uncertain Times

By: Ramesh Nair

Narrated by: Karan Vats

Length: 4 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

In the event of a crisis, everyone looks to the leaders for direction. Ramesh Nair is a veteran of steering organizations through the ebbs and flows of economic upheaval including the daunting onslaught of Covid-19 and earlier the debilitating 2008 economic downturn. ... Read more

Strange Burdens

By: Sugata Srinivasaraju

Narrated by: Derek Denzil

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Strange Burdens is not a biography but a book of political commentary. It examines and analyses Rahul Gandhi's ideas and leadership since he officially entered politics in March 2004. It journeys all the way to the conclusion of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Srinagar on 30 January 2023 and captures the dilemmas of hisdisqualification a couple of... Read more

Narcotopia

By: Patrick Winn

Narrated by: Patrick Winn

Length: 15 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The gripping true story of an indigenous people running the world’s mightiest narco-state—and America’s struggle to thwart them. 
 
In Asia’s narcotics-producing heartland, the Wa reign supreme. They dominate the Golden Triangle, a mountainous stretch of Burma between Thailand and China. Their 30,000-strong army, wielding missiles and attack... Read more

Prices and Production

By: Friedrich Hayek

Narrated by: Jason Smith (Male Synthesized Voice)

Length: 13 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

"Prices and Production" is a seminal work by Friedrich Hayek, originally published in 1931. In this book, Hayek delves into the Austrian theory of the business cycle, offering a detailed analysis of the role of prices and production in the economic cycle. He critiques the prevailing Keynesian view of the time and argues that fluctuations in the... Read more

The Political Thought of Xi Jinping

By: Olivia Cheung & Steve Tsang

Narrated by: Rebecca Lam

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Over the course of the last half dozen years, China's supreme leader Xi Jinping has made extraordinary changes which have profound implications not only for the Chinese people but nations throughout the world. Given how swiftly and fundamentally China's relations with the rest of the world are changing under Xi's rule, it is imperative that we... Read more

Limitarianism

By: Ingrid Robeyns

Narrated by: Rachel Bavidge

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

How much money is too much? Is it ethical, and democratic, for an individual to amass a limitless amount of wealth, and then spend it however they choose? Many of us feel that the answer to that is no—but what can we do about it? Ingrid Robeyns has long written and argued for the principle she calls limitarianism—or the need to limit extreme... Read more

Blockchain Radicals

By: Joshua Dávila

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

Length: 11 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Blockchain Radicals uncovers the radical political potential of the blockchain, showing how it can be used by the left in the fight against capitalism.



Over the last decade, blockchains and crypto have opened up a new terrain for political action. It is not surprising, however, that the crypto space has also become overrun by unscrupulous... Read more

Our Ancient Faith

By: Allen C. Guelzo

Narrated by: Justin Price

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

An intimate study of Abraham Lincoln’s powerful vision of democracy, which guided him through the Civil War and is still relevant today—by a best-selling historian and three-time winner of the Lincoln Prize

"It is altogether fitting and proper that, with this meditation on democracy and its most subtle defender, Allen Guelzo again demonstrates... Read more

The Stolen Wealth of Slavery

By: David Montero

Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin

Length: 14 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

This groundbreaking book tracks the massive wealth amassed from slavery from pre-Civil War to today, showing how our modern economy was built on the backs of enslaved Black people—and lays out a clear argument for reparations that shows exactly what was stolen, who stole it, and to whom it is owed.
 
In this timely, powerful, investigative... Read more

The Case for Open Borders

By: John Washington

Narrated by: Pete Cross

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Because of restrictive borders, human beings suffer and die. Closed borders force migrants seeking safety and dignity to journey across seas, trudge through deserts, and clamber over barbed wire. In the last five years alone, over 60,000 people have died or gone missing while attempting to cross a border. As we deny, cast out, and crack down, we... 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

On the Origins of Money

By: Carl Menger

Narrated by: Jason Smith (Male Synthesized Voice)

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

"On the Origins of Money" is a seminal work by Carl Menger, an Austrian economist, published in 1892. In this book, Menger explores the evolution and emergence of money through a detailed analysis of economic history and human behavior. The work is considered a foundational contribution to the Austrian School of Economics. Menger's "On the... Read more

Nation, State and Economy

By: Ludwig von Mises

Narrated by: Jason Smith (Male Synthesized Voice)

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

In "Nation, State, and Economy," Ludwig von Mises examines the intricate connections between economic activities and the political and social structures of nations. He explores the role of the state in economic affairs, the impact of interventionism, and the consequences of various economic systems on the overall well-being of societies. Mises... Read more

Liberalism In the Classical Tradition

By: Ludwig von Mises

Narrated by: Jason Smith (Male Synthesized Voice)

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

"Liberalism In the Classical Tradition" is a seminal work written by Ludwig von Mises, an Austrian economist and philosopher. Originally published in 1927 as "Die Gemeinwirtschaft: Untersuchungen über den Sozialismus" (Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis), it was later translated into English in 1962. The book provides a... Read more

Emplaced Resistances in Occupied Palestine

By: Suzanne H. Hammad

Narrated by: Muaz Dembinski, Suzanne H. Hammad, Malak Albakr...

Length: 7 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

In this deeply personal study, Hammad illuminates an agenda of place, meaning and resistance in territorial struggles through the telling of a less-heard story of how residents of Bil'in understand their world and their lives in the occupied Palestinian West Bank landscape. Taking a case study of a contested and divided Palestinian village... Read more

The Positive Theory of Capital

By: Eugen Von Bhm-Bawerk

Narrated by: Jason Smith (Male Synthesized Voice)

Length: 12 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In "The Positive Theory of Capital," Böhm-Bawerk delves into the nature of capital, interest, and the interplay between savings, investment, and time preferences. He explores the relationship between the structure of production and the interest rate, providing a detailed examination of the time element in the production process and its impact on... Read more

Werbung für die Wahrheit - Abridged

By: Thomas Laschyk

Narrated by: Loris Kubeng

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Keine Demokratie ohne Fakten! Wir alle fallen auf Fake News herein. Sie kommen oft als gute Geschichten daher, die in unser Weltbild passen. Aber wie gehen wir damit um, dass rechtsextreme Parteien und gewisse Boulevard-Medien das systematisch nutzen, um Desinformation zu verbreiten? Wie verhindern wir, dass Fakten keine Rolle mehr... Read more

Todo lo que necesitas saber sobre...

By: Antonella Marty

Narrated by: Lía Gómez

Length: 22 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

365 píldoras de sabiduría En un tiempo en el que nuestras libertades están cada vez más amenazadas, Antonella Marty nos trae un recordatorio de los principales hitos intelectuales, políticos, sociales y económicos que jalonan nuestra historia. Una trayectoria brillante que ha traído logros inestimables, como la garantía de las libertades... Read more

Good People Break Bad Laws

By: Topher FIeld

Narrated by: Topher Field

Length: 4 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

This book is the revolution you've been waiting for.As we emerge from Covid Madness we see the world has changed. Our governments are already planning climate lockdowns, ULEZ zones, 15 minute cities, and energy rationing.Covid introduced a world where corporations collude with governments and together they demand absolute power and twist our... Read more

Deterring Armageddon: A Biography of NATO

By: Peter Apps

Narrated by: Peter Apps

Length: 15 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

'HUGELY IMPRESSIVE' - THE INDEPENDENT
'AN ASTONISHINGLY FINE HISTORY' - COUNTRY LIFE
'FASCINATING' - DAILY MAIL

The history of the world's most successful military alliance, from the wrecked Europe of 1945 to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

As they signed NATO into being after World War II, its founders fervently believed that only if the... Read more

Testigo de un tiempo incierto

By: Javier Solana

Narrated by: Jordi Llovet

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

De la caída del Muro a la invasión de Ucrania En poco más de tres décadas el mundo en el que vivimos ha cambiado de manera radical, pasando del final de la Guerra Fría a una guerra caliente entre dos antiguas repúblicas soviéticas: Rusia y Ucrania. ¿Cómo hemos llegado hasta aquí? ¿Qué acontecimientos históricos nos han conducido a la guerra en... Read more

Die Brandstifter - Wie Extremisten die republikanische Partei übernahmen (Ungekürzte Lesung)

By: Annika Brockschmidt

Narrated by: Tim Gössler

Length: 11 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Brandstifter zeichnet die Geschichte der Republikanischen Partei nach und stellt ihre wichtigsten Akteure vor. Dabei wird deutlich, wie porös die Brandmauer zwischen Rechtsextremismus und Konservatismus in den USA schon immer war, nicht erst seit Trump. Brockschmidt erzählt packend, wie historische Entwicklungen und Machtkämpfe die Partei... Read more

The Book of Secrets

By: Xinran Xue

Narrated by: Crystal Yu & Daniel York Loh

Length: 13 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents The Book of Secrets by Xinran Xue, read by Daniel York Loh and Crystal Yu.

The story of a family in modern China with a history of deceit, betrayal and political intrigue, and the communist party's long shadow over them, from the Cultural Revolution to today.

Following the lives of military intelligence officer Jie and his wife... Read more