Economic Development in Economics & Business & Finance Audiobooks

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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

$43.99 CAD

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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DARE.DO.SUCCEED

A PATH TO PURPOSE-DRIVEN BUSINESS GUIDE TO BUILDING A SMALL BUSINESS FOR CREATIVES, COACHES, AND FIRST-TIME ENTREPRENEURS

by Eric Young ...

Narrated by Erica Hazelton ...

Unabridged

4 hours 38 min

Do you feel called to create something meaningful — but don’t know where to begin? You're not alone. Many creatives, coaches, and first-time entrepreneurs feel overwhelmed by the idea of starting a business. You have a dream, a purpose, and a deep desire to make a difference — but the traditional “hustle culture” path doesn’t align with your heart. This book is your gentle but powerful guide to ... Read more

$19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Do you feel called to create something meaningful — but don’t know where to begin? You're not alone. Many creatives, coaches, and first-time entrepreneurs feel overwhelmed by the idea of starting a business. You have a dream, a purpose, and a deep desire to make a difference — but the traditional “hustle culture” path doesn’t align with your heart. This book is your gentle but powerful guide to
... Read more
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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

$54.99 CAD

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
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Shutdown

How Covid Shook the World's Economy

by Adam Tooze ...

Narrated by Adam Tooze, Simon Vance ...

Unabridged

12 hours 37 min

Deftly weaving finance, politics, business, and the global human experience into one tight narrative, a tour-de-force account of 2020, the year that changed everything--from the acclaimed author of Crashed.The shocks of 2020 have been great and small, disrupting the world economy, international relations and the daily lives of virtually everyone on the planet. Never before has the entire world ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

Deftly weaving finance, politics, business, and the global human experience into one tight narrative, a tour-de-force account of 2020, the year that changed everything--from the acclaimed author of Crashed.The shocks of 2020 have been great and small, disrupting the world economy, international relations and the daily lives of virtually everyone on the planet. Never before has the entire world
... Read more
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Best Things First

by Bjorn Lomborg ...

Narrated by Pete Ferrand ...

Unabridged

7 hours 35 min

Selected as one of the Best Books of 2023 by The Economist.In this urgent, thought-provoking book, Bjorn Lomborg presents the 12 most efficient solutions for the world's poorest and our global SDG promises. • If you want to make the world better, Best Things First is the book to read.World leaders have promised everything to everyone. But they are failing. The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals ... Read more

$16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Selected as one of the Best Books of 2023 by The Economist.In this urgent, thought-provoking book, Bjorn Lomborg presents the 12 most efficient solutions for the world's poorest and our global SDG promises. • If you want to make the world better, Best Things First is the book to read.World leaders have promised everything to everyone. But they are failing. The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
... 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

$28.84 CAD 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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Youthquake 4.0

A Whole Generation and the New Industrial Revolution

by Rocky Scopelliti ...

Narrated by Tom Bromhead ...

Unabridged

4 hours 22 min

Discover how demographic change associated with Millennials and the Fourth Industrial Revolution collectively influence the way we think about our social, cultural, economic, and technological future.Youthquake 4.0 analyzes the confluence of these two inextricably linked global forces, leveraging research from world leading institutions and enriched by world leading thought leaders to provide ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

Discover how demographic change associated with Millennials and the Fourth Industrial Revolution collectively influence the way we think about our social, cultural, economic, and technological future.Youthquake 4.0 analyzes the confluence of these two inextricably linked global forces, leveraging research from world leading institutions and enriched by world leading thought leaders to provide
... Read more
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Capitalism in America

A History

by Alan Greenspan, Adrian Wooldridge ...

Narrated by Ray Porter ...

Unabridged

16 hours 14 min

From the legendary former Fed Chairman and the acclaimed Economistwriter and historian, the full, epic story of America's evolution from a small patchwork of threadbare colonies to the most powerful engine of wealth and innovation the world has ever seen.From even the start of his fabled career, Alan Greenspan was duly famous for his deep understanding of even the most arcane corners of the ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

From the legendary former Fed Chairman and the acclaimed Economistwriter and historian, the full, epic story of America's evolution from a small patchwork of threadbare colonies to the most powerful engine of wealth and innovation the world has ever seen.From even the start of his fabled career, Alan Greenspan was duly famous for his deep understanding of even the most arcane corners of the
... Read more
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Reinventing the Heartland

How One City’s Inclusive Approach to Innovation and Growth Can Revive the American Dream

by Nicholas Lalla ...

Narrated by Dan Bittner ...

Unabridged

9 hours 20 min

A blueprint for the bottom-up revival that is so sorely needed in cities across America.To thrive in this day and age, cities must create innovation economies of their own. Tech jobs, venture capital, and R&D are concentrated in a handful of big coastal cities, while the broad middle of the country is left out—and that’s a problem.Nicholas Lalla founded Tulsa Innovation Labs in January 2020 to ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

A blueprint for the bottom-up revival that is so sorely needed in cities across America.To thrive in this day and age, cities must create innovation economies of their own. Tech jobs, venture capital, and R&D are concentrated in a handful of big coastal cities, while the broad middle of the country is left out—and that’s a problem.Nicholas Lalla founded Tulsa Innovation Labs in January 2020 to
... Read more
Audiobook

Opportunity Knocks

How Hard Work, Community, and Business Can Improve Lives and End Poverty

by Senator Tim Scott ...

Narrated by Senator Tim Scott ...

Unabridged

7 hours 57 min

In this memoir about overcoming adversity in America, the U. S. Senator responsible for creating "opportunity zones" explains how hard work and community growth can drive businesses and end poverty.Senator Tim Scott knows adversity. As the son of a single mother from North Charleston, South Carolina, he struggled to get through school and had his dreams of a college football career shattered by a ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

In this memoir about overcoming adversity in America, the U. S. Senator responsible for creating "opportunity zones" explains how hard work and community growth can drive businesses and end poverty.Senator Tim Scott knows adversity. As the son of a single mother from North Charleston, South Carolina, he struggled to get through school and had his dreams of a college football career shattered by a
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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

$17.99 CAD 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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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

$27.99 CAD

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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Development

A Very Short Introduction

by Ian Goldin ...

Narrated by Walter Dixon ...

Unabridged

4 hours 42 min

What do we mean by development? How can citizens, governments, and the international community foster development?The process by which nations escape poverty and achieve economic and social progress has been the subject of extensive examination for hundreds of years. The notion of development itself has evolved from an original preoccupation with incomes and economic growth to a much broader ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

What do we mean by development? How can citizens, governments, and the international community foster development?The process by which nations escape poverty and achieve economic and social progress has been the subject of extensive examination for hundreds of years. The notion of development itself has evolved from an original preoccupation with incomes and economic growth to a much broader
... Read more
Audiobook

Radikaalit ratkaisut

by Inka Mero, Tero Ojanperä, Tuomo Parikka ...

Narrated by Joel Mäkinen ...

Unabridged

8 hours 33 min

Tiedä, tunne, tahdo – rohkene ratkaista ongelmat.Tuntuuko sinustakin, että Suomi on hiipumassa – ei rysähtäen, vaan pikkuhiljaa periksi antaen? Startup-sijoittaja ja teknologiavisionääri tarjoavat vastalääkettä maamme ongelmiin ja niiden monissa herättämiin avuttomuuden tunteisiin.Nuorten syrjäytyminen ja mielenterveys, hoitajapula, teknologiapelko, yksinäisyys ja tulevaisuuden epävarmuus – nämä ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Tiedä, tunne, tahdo – rohkene ratkaista ongelmat.Tuntuuko sinustakin, että Suomi on hiipumassa – ei rysähtäen, vaan pikkuhiljaa periksi antaen? Startup-sijoittaja ja teknologiavisionääri tarjoavat vastalääkettä maamme ongelmiin ja niiden monissa herättämiin avuttomuuden tunteisiin.Nuorten syrjäytyminen ja mielenterveys, hoitajapula, teknologiapelko, yksinäisyys ja tulevaisuuden epävarmuus – nämä
... Read more
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Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less

A Handbook for Slashing Gas Prices and Solving Our Energy Crisis

by Newt Gingrich ...

Narrated by Newt Gingrich, Callista Gingrich ...

Unabridged

4 hours 4 min

America is unrivaled in our ability to solve tough problems and create bold, powerful solutions. That’s exactly what we need to do with the energy crisis we now face. We CAN become energy independent, while lowering prices at the pump today and developing innovative and effective energy alternatives for the future. We CAN produce an overwhelming supply of oil and natural gas here at home, and ... Read more

$25.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

America is unrivaled in our ability to solve tough problems and create bold, powerful solutions. That’s exactly what we need to do with the energy crisis we now face. We CAN become energy independent, while lowering prices at the pump today and developing innovative and effective energy alternatives for the future. We CAN produce an overwhelming supply of oil and natural gas here at home, and
... Read more
Audiobook

Is Entrepreneurship Dead?

The Truth About Startups in America

by Scott A. Shane ...

Narrated by Eric Michael Summerer ...

Unabridged

6 hours 14 min

It's become an article of faith that American entrepreneurship is in trouble. The problems are many: lack of capital, too few entrepreneurial immigrants, excessive regulation, an aging population, slowing population growth, and rising student debt. But while experts across the country debate the causes and propose solutions, Scott Shane explains that the data just do not fit. Dismantling each of ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

It's become an article of faith that American entrepreneurship is in trouble. The problems are many: lack of capital, too few entrepreneurial immigrants, excessive regulation, an aging population, slowing population growth, and rising student debt. But while experts across the country debate the causes and propose solutions, Scott Shane explains that the data just do not fit. Dismantling each of
... Read more
Audiobook

De prijs van ophef

by Hendrik Noten ...

Narrated by Daniël Meppelink ...

Unabridged

5 hours 19 min

In de bestseller Fantoomgroei legde Hendrik Noten met Sander Heijne de scheve verdeling van economische groei bloot. In dit nieuwe boek ontrafelt Noten waarom het zo moeilijk is om dat te veranderen. Hij volgt het spoor van Amerikaanse propagandisten, mediageniekeEconomen en Haagse politici en ontdekt: een uiterst succesvolle strategie van beeldvorming en ophef houdt verandering tegen. Ophef ... Read more

$36.81 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In de bestseller Fantoomgroei legde Hendrik Noten met Sander Heijne de scheve verdeling van economische groei bloot. In dit nieuwe boek ontrafelt Noten waarom het zo moeilijk is om dat te veranderen. Hij volgt het spoor van Amerikaanse propagandisten, mediageniekeEconomen en Haagse politici en ontdekt: een uiterst succesvolle strategie van beeldvorming en ophef houdt verandering tegen. Ophef
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Dans la peau d'un entrepreneur hybride

Guife pratique pour trouver et gagner l'équilibre

by Mattia Guid ...

Narrated by Mattia Guid ...

Unabridged

3 hours 15 min

Et si vous n'aviez pas à choisir entre la sécurité d'un emploi stable et la liberté d'entreprendre ? Dans la peau d'un entrepreneur hybride est le guide que Mattia Guid aurait voulu avoir avant de se lancer. Entrepreneure, auteure et coordinatrice de projets, elle a vécu de l'intérieur les défis de cette double vie professionnelle : la fatigue, les doutes, les sacrifices familiaux, mais aussi les ... Read more

$12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Et si vous n'aviez pas à choisir entre la sécurité d'un emploi stable et la liberté d'entreprendre ? Dans la peau d'un entrepreneur hybride est le guide que Mattia Guid aurait voulu avoir avant de se lancer. Entrepreneure, auteure et coordinatrice de projets, elle a vécu de l'intérieur les défis de cette double vie professionnelle : la fatigue, les doutes, les sacrifices familiaux, mais aussi les
... 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

$23.99 CAD

“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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Южная Корея: Цена экономического чуда

by Олег Кирьянов, Олег Кирьянов ...

Narrated by Константин Корольков ...

Unabridged

9 hours 22 min

Южная Корея, как правило, ассоциируется у нас с суперсовременными технологиями и транснациональными корпорациями, красивыми автомобилями и устремленными ввысь небоскребами, симпатичными певцами и певицами K-POP групп. Кажется, что эти образы пришли из будущего. Однако у этой красивой «обложки» есть и другая сторона: корейские СМИ полны рассказов про внутренние кризисы, скандалы, постоянную ... Read more

$15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Южная Корея, как правило, ассоциируется у нас с суперсовременными технологиями и транснациональными корпорациями, красивыми автомобилями и устремленными ввысь небоскребами, симпатичными певцами и певицами K-POP групп. Кажется, что эти образы пришли из будущего. Однако у этой красивой «обложки» есть и другая сторона: корейские СМИ полны рассказов про внутренние кризисы, скандалы, постоянную
... Read more
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Money Mentor

10 essential steps to do your future self a favour

by Anna Brading ...

Narrated by Anna Brading ...

Unabridged

8 hours 40 min

Bloomsbury presents Money Mentor, written and read by Anna BradingWelcome to money made simple. This is your invitation to transform your finance and create the life you really want.If you're feeling broke, stressed and fed up of living pay cheque to pay cheque then you're in the right place. Anna Brading was in your position once too, but now she's changed her life, and her finances, and is here ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

Bloomsbury presents Money Mentor, written and read by Anna BradingWelcome to money made simple. This is your invitation to transform your finance and create the life you really want.If you're feeling broke, stressed and fed up of living pay cheque to pay cheque then you're in the right place. Anna Brading was in your position once too, but now she's changed her life, and her finances, and is here
... Read more
Audiobook

90 Rules for Entrepreneurs

How to Hustle Your Way to a Business That Works

by Marnus Broodryk ...

Narrated by Roger Davis ...

Unabridged

4 hours 37 min

Discover the secrets that distinguish successful entrepreneurs from those who fail, and learn which rules to follow and which to break.This is not just another one of those books about 'rules'; this book may be the defining factor that will turn your dream into reality. Many have succeeded at being an entrepreneur, but many, many more have failed. Which side would you rather be on? Sure, ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Discover the secrets that distinguish successful entrepreneurs from those who fail, and learn which rules to follow and which to break.This is not just another one of those books about 'rules'; this book may be the defining factor that will turn your dream into reality. Many have succeeded at being an entrepreneur, but many, many more have failed. Which side would you rather be on? Sure,
... Read more
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Da menneskeheden blev til

Historien om hvordan vi blev rige og endte ulige

by Oded Galor ...

Narrated by Janek Lesniak ...

Unabridged

8 hours 41 min

For et par hundrede år siden sker der noget afgørende i menneskets historie. Lige pludselig bliver vores levealder fordoblet og velstanden stiger eksplosivt. Op til da levede de fleste mennesker gennem tusindvis af år et liv, der kunne sammenlignes med deres forfædre. En landmand i begyndelsen af det 16. århundrede havde stort set samme levevilkår som en egyptisk landmand for 5.000 år siden eller ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

For et par hundrede år siden sker der noget afgørende i menneskets historie. Lige pludselig bliver vores levealder fordoblet og velstanden stiger eksplosivt. Op til da levede de fleste mennesker gennem tusindvis af år et liv, der kunne sammenlignes med deres forfædre. En landmand i begyndelsen af det 16. århundrede havde stort set samme levevilkår som en egyptisk landmand for 5.000 år siden eller
... Read more
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Left Behind

A New Economics for Neglected Places

by Paul Collier ...

Narrated by Peter Noble ...

Unabridged

11 hours 42 min

From the bestselling author of The Bottom Billion, the fate of the poorest regions of the world–some of which exist in the richest nations–is examined.Using examples of the “left behind” regions, renowned development economist Paul Collier shows that centralized western economies have been the most ineffective to alleviate poverty—even if nationally the country seems to be growing.In Left Behind, ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

From the bestselling author of The Bottom Billion, the fate of the poorest regions of the world–some of which exist in the richest nations–is examined.Using examples of the “left behind” regions, renowned development economist Paul Collier shows that centralized western economies have been the most ineffective to alleviate poverty—even if nationally the country seems to be growing.In Left Behind,
... Read more

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