Politics & Economy audiobooks

The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism

By: Vladimir Lenin

Narrated by: Mark Bowen

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism (Russian:  Три источника и три составных части марксизма ) is an article written by the Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin and published in 1913. The article was dedicated to the thirtieth anniversary of Karl Marx's death. Read more

Anarchism: What It Really Stands For

By: Emma Goldman

Narrated by: Mark Bowen

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Emma Goldman (1869 – 1940) was an anarchist political activist and writer. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the 20th century.  In this essay, (1910) Goldman sets forth her interpretation of the ideology of anarchism. Like most anarchists, she was... Read more

Fascism: What It Is And How To Fight It

By: Leon Trotsky

Narrated by: Mark Bowen

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist. He was one of the leaders of the Russian October Revolution, second only to Vladimir Lenin. During the early days of the Soviet Union, he served first as People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs and later as the founder and commander of the Red Army and People's Commissar... Read more

The City of The Sun

By: Tommaso Campanella

Narrated by: Joe Phoenix

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The City of the Sun is a philosophical work by the Italian Dominican philosopher Tommaso Campanella. It is an important early utopian work. The work was written in Italian in 1602, shortly after Campanella's imprisonment for heresy and sedition. A Latin version was written in 1613–1614 and published in Frankfurt in 1623.  The book is presented... Read more

Seeking Social Democracy

By: Edward Broadbent

Narrated by: Frank Block

Length: 11 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The first full-length treatment of Ed Broadbent's ideas and remarkable seven-decade engagement in public life



Part memoir, part history, part political manifesto, Seeking Social Democracy offers the first full-length treatment of Ed Broadbent's ideas and remarkable seven-decade engagement in public life. In dialogue with three collaborators from... Read more

The Dollar

By: Mariana Luzzi & Ariel Wilkis

Narrated by: Kate Udall

Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Originally published in Argentina in 2019 and now finally available in English, Luzzi and Wilkis's acclaimed book traces the history of the economic, social, and political relevance of the dollar in Argentina and its popularization over the years.



How did the dollar come to play such a leading role in Argentina's national existence? How and why... Read more

The New Leviathans

By: John Gray

Narrated by: Lee Goettl

Length: 5 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Ever since its publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan has unsettled and challenged how we understand the world. Condemned and vilified by each new generation, his cold political vision continues to see through any number of human political and ethical vanities.



In his wonderfully stimulating book The New Leviathans, John Gray allows us to... Read more

Gambling on Development

By: Stefan Dercon

Narrated by: Michael Langan

Length: 12 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

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... Read more

Social Security Horror Stories

By: Laurence J. Kotlikoff & Terry Savage

Narrated by: Terry Savage & Alexander Kotlikoff

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Learn how to make sure you get the correct Social Security benefits, avoid frightening clawbacks, and how to deal with the opaque bureaucracy of Social Security.

Social Security admits it has made $21.6 billion in incorrect benefits payments! Now it wants its money back—from widows, orphans, retired schoolteachers, and even young children whose... Read more

The War on Critical Race Theory

By: David Theo Goldberg

Narrated by: Lisa Larsen

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

"Critical Race Theory" is consuming conservative America. The mounting attacks on a once-obscure legal theory are upending public schooling, legislating censorship, driving elections, and cleaving communities.



In this much-needed response, renowned scholar David Theo Goldberg cuts to the heart of the claims expressed in these attacks. He... Read more

Getting Russia Right

By: Thomas Graham

Narrated by: Daniel Henning

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

As US-Russian relations scrape the depths of cold-war antagonism, the promise of partnership that beguiled American administrations during the first post-Soviet decades increasingly appears to have been false from the start. Why did American leaders persist in pursuing it? Was there another path that would have produced more constructive... Read more

The Accidental Superpower

By: Mr. Peter Zeihan

Narrated by: Mr. Peter Zeihan

Length: 13 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

With a new "10 years later" epilogue for every chapter, comes an eye-opening assessment of American power and deglobalization in the bestselling tradition of The World is Flat and The Next 100 Years.   Near the end of the Second World War, the United States made a bold strategic gambit that rewired the international system. Empires were... Read more

The State and Revolution

By: Vladimir lenin

Narrated by: Andrew Roberts

Length: 4 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The State and Revolution (1917), by Vladimir Lenin, describes the role of the State in society, the necessity of proletarian revolution, and the theoretic inadequacies of social democracy in achieving revolution to establish the dictatorship of the proletariat. Lenin began the composition of an early draft of State and Revolution while in exile... Read more

The Color of Civics

By: Matthew D. Nelsen

Narrated by: Michael Kirby

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Generations of Americans have regarded schools as essential for developing the knowledge and civic values necessary for sustaining democracy. Yet, as Matthew D. Nelsen argues in The Color of Civics, traditional approaches to civic education are not living up to their promise for many students, particularly students of color from disadvantaged... Read more

Scendo in campo

By: Silvio Berlusconi

Narrated by: Valerio Di Stefano

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Ho scelto di scendere in campo e di occuparmi della cosa pubblica perché non voglio vivere in un Paese illiberale, governato da forze immature e da uomini legati a doppio filo a un passato politicamente ed economicamente fallimentare. Per poter compiere questa nuova scelta di vita, ho rassegnato oggi stesso le mie dimissioni da ogni carica... Read more

Chintansutre, Rashtrarushinchi Amrutvachane चिंतनसूत्रे, राष्ट्रऋषींची अमृतवचने

By: Dr. Sharad Kunte

Narrated by: Prashant Jadhav

Length: 12 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

The skilled organizers involved in RSS work offer occasional inspirational thoughts to promote social harmony, personal responsibility, and expertise among active participants. These thoughts act as a source of motivation, dispelling frustrations and renewing energy during action. Guiding principles like Hindutva, societal well-being, national... Read more

El Capitalismo y su Séptimo de Caballería

By: Alfonso Durán-Pich

Narrated by: Santiago Gómez

Length: 10 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Un relato único para entender el capitalismo como nunca te lo han contado  No es fácil describir el capitalismo. Podría decirse, simplemente, que es un sistema en el cual se invierte dinero para conseguir un beneficio. Pero quienes han intentado definirlo —de Karl Marx a Adam Smith,  de los Ilustrados a los líderes de los grandes fondos de... Read more

Die Akte Tengelmann und das mysteriöse Verschwinden des Milliardärs Karl-Erivan Haub

By: Liv von Boetticher

Narrated by: Katja Amberger

Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Geschichte liest sich wie ein Hollywood-Thriller, ist aber wahr: Am 7. April 2018 verschwindet der deutsch-amerikanische Milliardär Karl-Erivan Haub im Gletschergebiet am Matterhorn. Der bestens trainierte Extremsportler hinterlässt keine einzige Spur, keinen Hilferuf, kein Zeichen eines Überlebenskampfes. Im Oktober 2018 wird die Suche nach... Read more

El Príncipe

By: Nicolás Maquiavelo

Narrated by: Martín Quirós (voz sintética)

Length: 2 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

El Príncipe de Nicolás Maquiavelo es una obra clásica de la literatura política que ha perdurado a lo largo de los siglos. Publicado por primera vez en 1532, este tratado se ha convertido en una guía fundamental para los líderes y gobernantes de todo el mundo. En El Príncipe, Maquiavelo ofrece consejos y estrategias para aquellos que desean... Read more

VOX S.A.

By: Miguel González

Narrated by: Santiago Gómez

Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

¿Es VOX una amenaza para nuestra democracia? Con la frialdad del cirujano y la paciencia del monje, el periodista Miguel González, persona non grata para VOX, disecciona las entrañas de este fenómeno que parece haber surgido de la nada para convertirse en la llave que puede abrir la puerta de La Moncloa tras las próximas elecciones.   ¿Quién... Read more

Armonías económicas

By: Frédéric Bastiat

Narrated by: Simon Gómez

Length: 16 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Un alegato a favor del libre mercado y del capitalismo laissez faire, por uno de los mayores teóricos del liberalismo de la historia En una época de nuevas tentaciones iliberales, cobran aún más relevancia aquellas voces que alertaron prontamente de los peligros que entraña la coacción estatal. La más autorizada de esas voces fue la de Frédéric... Read more

»Was wollt ihr denn noch alles?!«

By: Alexandra Zykunov

Narrated by: Alexandra Zykunov

Length: 10 hours

Abridged: No

Bestsellerautorin Alexandra Zykunov trägt in ihrem neuen Hörbuch unbekannte, absurde, aber leider sehr reale Zahlen, Studien und Unmöglichkeiten zusammen, die schmerzvoll aufzeigen, wo Frauen benachteiligt werden und wodurch ihr Leben anstrengender, ärmer und im Zweifelsfall lebensgefährlicher wird. Auch heute noch. Oder wussten Sie, dass... Read more

La sangre que mueve el mundo

By: Miguel Golmayo

Narrated by: Santiago Gómez & Simon Gómez

Length: 18 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Cómo el control de los hidrocarburos ha configurado el orden mundial durante siglos. Desde finales del xix, cuando la vida comenzó a industrializarse, el petróleo ha sido el vector de la política internacional. Los hidrocarburos han movido, y mueven, las placas tectónicas de la geopolítica, la geoestrategia y la geoeconomía, y cualquier decisión... Read more

Where Was God When I Needed Him Most?

By: David R. Clark

Narrated by: Brad Huffman

Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

This book illustrates the powerful effect David Clark´s mother, Jan Clark, had on her son. Her influence began even before David was born. Jan’s pregnancy with David was terrifyingly difficult. Her doctor, due to his grave concerns for Jan’s life, felt compelled to do everything he could to terminate the pregnancy. Amidst these extreme... Read more