Political Economy audiobooks
Wealth, work and who gets what.
Economics before it was a separate subject: Thomas Malthus on population, David Ricardo on rent and trade, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, Thorstein Veblen's leisure class and Sir James Steuart. These are the arguments about markets, labour and inequality that modern economics was built on.
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Under 5 hours — finish one this weekAll 26 political economy audiobooks
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The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
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The Theory of the Leisure Class
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An Essay on the Principle of Population
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The Economic Consequences of the Peace
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The Law
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On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation
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Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy
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A Joy For Ever (and Its Price in the Market)
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A Tract on Monetary Reform
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An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States
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An Inquiry into the Principles of Political Oeconomy
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Economic Sophisms
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Harmonies of Political Economy
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Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market
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Principles of Political Economy
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Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
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Socialism
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The Acquisitive Society
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The Art of Money Getting
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The Evolution of Modern Capitalism: A Study of Machine Production
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The History of Trade Unionism
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The Instinct of Workmanship, and the State of Industrial Arts
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The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State
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The Servile State
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What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government
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What Social Classes Owe to Each Other
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Are these political economy audiobooks free?
The first chapter of every book plays free with no account. A free account adds the opening chapters of every book, plus one whole book of your choice from a shelf of five classics. The full library — all 26 political economy titles and everything else — is $4.99 a month or $49 a year after a 7-day free trial, cancel anytime.
Can I read along while I listen?
Yes. Every Compendium audiobook shows the full chapter text on screen as it plays, on the web and in the iPhone and Android apps.
What's the shortest and longest political economy audiobook here?
The Art of Money Getting is the shortest at 1 hr 13 min; The History of Trade Unionism is the longest at 21 hr 4 min. The whole collection runs about 221 hours.
