Real Economics

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    • By: Gene Callahan
    • Narrated by: Ken Petrie
    • Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 13-04-18
    • Language: English
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    • The second edition of the fun and fascinating guide to the main ideas of the Austrian School of economics, written in sparkling prose, especially for the non-economist. Gene Callahan shows that good economics isn't about government planning or statistical models....

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    • Revised and Expanded Third Edition
    • By: Robert J. Shiller
    • Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
    • Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 25-11-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 34 ratings
    • With high stock and bond prices and the rising cost of housing, the post-subprime boom may well turn out to be another illustration of Shiller's influential argument that psychologically driven volatility is an inherent characteristic of all asset markets....

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    • The Real Story of Interest
    • By: Edward Chancellor
    • Narrated by: Luis Soto
    • Length: 15 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 07-07-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 112 ratings
    • Edward Chancellor traces the history of interest from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia, through debates about usury in Restoration Britain and John Law's ill-fated Mississippi scheme, to the global credit booms of the twenty-first century....

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    • The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming
    • By: Andreas Malm
    • Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
    • Length: 18 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 18-02-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
    • How capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power....

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    • Who Makes and Who Takes from the Real Economy
    • By: Mariana Mazzucato
    • Narrated by: Randye Kaye
    • Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 11-09-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • The Value of Everything argues that American companies have for too long been valued according to the amount of wealth they capture for themselves rather than for the value they create for the economy....

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    • Creating a Caring Economics
    • By: Riane Eisler
    • Narrated by: Sandra Swafford
    • Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 06-08-07
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • Eisler proposes a new "caring economics" that takes into account the full spectrum of economic activities....

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    • How Anyone Can Reposition Apartments for Big Profits
    • By: David Lindahl
    • Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
    • Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 26-01-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Multi-Family Millions offers expert advice for investors who want to make the transition from single-family homes to more profitable multi-family units....

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    • The Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World
    • By: J. C. Sharman
    • Narrated by: John Lee
    • Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 14-05-19
    • Language: English
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    • Empires of the Weak argues that Europeans had no general military superiority in the early modern era. J. C. Sharman shows instead that European expansion is better explained by deference to strong Asian and African polities, disease in the Americas, and maritime supremacy....

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    • How the Pope's Children Rewrote the Rules for Ireland
    • By: David McWilliams
    • Narrated by: David McWilliams
    • Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 21-11-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 184 ratings
    • In four decades, bookended by the Pope’s visits to Ireland in September 1979 and August 2018, Ireland has become one of the wealthiest and most progressive nations in the world....

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    • How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership
    • By: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
    • Narrated by: Janina Edwards
    • Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 24-03-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Narrating the story of a sea-change in housing policy and its dire impact on African Americans, Race for Profit reveals how the urban core was transformed into a new frontier of cynical extraction....

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    • The Real Business of Finance
    • By: John Kay
    • Narrated by: Walter Dixon
    • Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 15-09-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 107 ratings
    • The finance sector of Western economies is too large and attracts too many of the smartest college graduates....

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    • The Transforming History of Land Ownership
    • By: Andro Linklater
    • Narrated by: J. Paul Guimont
    • Length: 17 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 30-10-14
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • The history and evolution of land ownership is a fascinating chronicle in the history of civilization, offering unexpected insights about how various forms of democracy and capitalism developed....

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    • How They (and You) Caused the Great Recession, and How We Can Prevent It From Happening Again
    • By: Atif Mian, Amir Sufi
    • Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
    • Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 17-12-14
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • Atif Mian and Amir Sufi reveal in House of Debt how the Great Recession and Great Depression were caused by a large run-up in household debt....

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    • How Wall Street Caused the Mortgage and Credit Crisis
    • By: Paul Muolo, Mathew Padilla
    • Narrated by: Walter Dixon
    • Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 29-01-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • The authors reveal how human behavior and greed drove the demand, supply, and the investor appetite for these types of loans....

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    • Real Solutions for a Troubled Economic System
    • By: Philip Kotler
    • Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
    • Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 07-04-15
    • Language: English
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    • With a piercing clarity, Philip Kotler explains 14 major problems undermining capitalism, including: persistent poverty....

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    • Dynamic New Wealth Strategies in Real Estate
    • By: Robert G. Allen
    • Narrated by: John Dossett
    • Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 19-09-07
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • Real estate remains the only reliable investment in which profits can be made consistently....

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    • How the Financial Markets Abandoned the Real Economy Forever
    • By: Nomi Prins
    • Narrated by: Ellen Archer
    • Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 11-10-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • A riveting exposé of a permanent financial dystopia, its causes, and real-world consequences....

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    • Wild Apples, Real Cider, and the Complicated Art of Making a Living
    • By: Andy Brennan
    • Narrated by: Brett Barry
    • Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 28-06-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • Long before the advent of conventional farming methods - which have focused on constant growth, human intervention, and genetic homogeneity - the apple had already grown to become the ubiquitous all-American symbol it is today....

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    • America's Irish Rich
    • By: Stephen Birmingham
    • Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
    • Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 19-11-19
    • Language: English
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    • Extraordinary true stories of the Irish in America, their remarkable rise from urban poverty, and the powerful dynasties they engendered....

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