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The Club
- Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age
- De: Leo Damrosch
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 15 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 379
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 316
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 311
In 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk's Head Tavern in London to dine, drink, and talk until midnight. Eventually, the group came to include among its members Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Edward Gibbon, and James Boswell. It was known simply as "the Club". In this captivating audiobook, Leo Damrosch brings alive a brilliant, competitive, and eccentric cast of characters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful survey
- De Tad Davis en 05-10-19
- The Club
- Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age
- De: Leo Damrosch
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
What a fascinating group of people.
Revisado: 02-20-25
Well written and the reader is fantastic. I enjoyed it so much I listened to it twice.
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Radical Uncertainty
- Decision-Making Beyond the Numbers
- De: John Kay, Mervyn King
- Narrado por: Roger Davis
- Duración: 15 h y 50 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 86
Radical uncertainty changes the way we should think about decision-making. For over half a century economics has assumed that people behave rationally by optimizing among well-defined choices. Behavioral economics questioned how far people are rational, pointing to the cognitive biases that seem to describe actual behavior.
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4 out of 5 stars
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At 1:23:50: "we must expect ... a virus"
- De Philo en 03-18-20
- Radical Uncertainty
- Decision-Making Beyond the Numbers
- De: John Kay, Mervyn King
- Narrado por: Roger Davis
Great start that becomes rambling and disjointed.
Revisado: 12-27-24
Would be much better if it was half as long. A sharp editor could make it great.
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How Economics Explains the World
- A Short History of Humanity
- De: Andrew Leigh
- Narrado por: Stephen Graybill
- Duración: 5 h y 19 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 34
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
This small book indeed tells a big story. It is the story of capitalism–of how our market system developed. It is the story of the discipline of economics, and some of the key figures who formed it. And it is the story of how economic forces have shaped world history. Why didn’t Africa colonize Europe instead of the other way around? What happened when countries erected trade and immigration barriers in the 1930s? Why did the Allies win World War II? You’ll find answers to these questions and more in How Economics Explains the World.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Rehashed ideas better explained in other books
- De Louislocke en 10-27-24
- How Economics Explains the World
- A Short History of Humanity
- De: Andrew Leigh
- Narrado por: Stephen Graybill
Rehashed ideas better explained in other books
Revisado: 10-27-24
I consume a lot of material about economics and markets so I may not be representative. I learned almost nothing from this book. All the ideas come from other similar books written in the past decade. Another frustrating aspect is the amount of political views expressed. I believe if your book is not about politics I should not be able to guess your political affiliation from it. Only after listening did I look up the author. He is a politician
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