Christopher L. Wimsatt
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Grant
- De: Ron Chernow
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 48 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 13,268
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 11,847
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 11,782
Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes don't come close to capturing him, as Chernow reveals in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general and president whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Book (BUT WHERE IS THE PDF FILES)????
- De Amazon Customer en 10-25-17
- Grant
- De: Ron Chernow
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
Grant as a great man in his own right, and not stuck the shadow of his time
Revisado: 07-09-24
This was a fantastic book, as Chernow work usually is. Grant is shown as human and flawed without detracting from his intrinsic greatness. A must read.
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Trillions
- How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever
- De: Robin Wigglesworth
- Narrado por: Christopher Grove
- Duración: 12 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 202
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 171
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 170
From the Financial Times' global finance correspondent, the incredible true story of the iconoclastic geeks who defied conventional wisdom and endured Wall Street's scorn to launch the index fund revolution, democratizing investing and saving hundreds of billions of dollars in fees that would have otherwise lined fat cats' pockets.
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5 out of 5 stars
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REALLY entertaining!!
- De Peter Riley en 12-16-21
- Trillions
- How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever
- De: Robin Wigglesworth
- Narrado por: Christopher Grove
Absolutely fascinating
Revisado: 05-08-22
It’s difficult to take something as esoteric as index funds and make the story interesting. Wigglesworth and Grove succeed in making the story riveting. Highly recommend for anyone interested in financial history or the ongoing debate between active vs passive investing.
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Wall Street
- A History, Updated Edition
- De: Charles R. Geisst
- Narrado por: Stephen McLaughlin
- Duración: 27 h y 28 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 121
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 108
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 108
Wall Street is an unending source of legend - and nightmares. It is a universal symbol of both the highest aspirations of economic prosperity and the basest impulses of greed and deception. Charles R. Geisst's Wall Street is at once a chronicle of the street itself - from the days when the wall was merely a defensive barricade built by Peter Stuyvesant - and an engaging economic history of the United States, a tale of profits and losses, enterprising spirits, and key figures that transformed America into the most powerful economy in the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Many books in one; best linking of stories, eras
- De Philo en 03-23-14
- Wall Street
- A History, Updated Edition
- De: Charles R. Geisst
- Narrado por: Stephen McLaughlin
Good story. Worth the read. The author has an axe to grind.
Revisado: 08-31-21
Great book overall. The author clearly isn’t a fan of Wall Street, and is pro Glass/Steagall. The obvious agenda doesn’t detract substantively from the book however. I recommend for anyone interested in the broad arc of American financial history.
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Machine Made
- Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics
- De: Terry Golway
- Narrado por: Adam Grupper
- Duración: 13 h y 4 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 73
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 68
For decades, history has considered Tammany Hall, New York's famous political machine, shorthand for the worst of urban politics: graft, crime, and patronage personified by notoriously corrupt characters. Infamous crooks like William "Boss" Tweed dominate traditional histories of Tammany, distorting our understanding of a critical chapter of American political history. In Machine Made, historian and New York City journalist Terry Golway convincingly dismantles these stereotypes.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A missed opportunity
- De Kathy en 05-27-15
- Machine Made
- Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics
- De: Terry Golway
- Narrado por: Adam Grupper
Great book, well performed!
Revisado: 12-19-17
Great for history buffs and political addicts. The names can be hard to keep track of, but the book is thorough and well researched.
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Stress Test
- Reflections on Financial Crises
- De: Timothy F. Geithner
- Narrado por: Timothy F. Geithner
- Duración: 18 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,266
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,072
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,063
Stress Test is the story of Tim Geithner’s education in financial crises. As president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and then as President Barack Obama’s secretary of the Treasury, Timothy F. Geithner helped the United States navigate the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, from boom to bust to rescue to recovery.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Gripping
- De Jean en 06-03-14
- Stress Test
- Reflections on Financial Crises
- De: Timothy F. Geithner
- Narrado por: Timothy F. Geithner
Geithner tells it like it was
Revisado: 06-11-17
As the financial crisis becomes a distant memory, it is easy for many armchair quarterbacks to judge policy makers for the perceived shortfalls of their strategies. Geithner reminds us in this book that the "fog of war" was very real, and that saving the economy was more important than punishing the malefactors.
Anyone that blames the Crisis on Wall St greed without acknowledging the very real part that the government played in creating the crisis in the first place isn't being intellectually honest.
Thus book is well written and can be understood by people with little economics or finance background. Would absolutely recommend.
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Fed Up
- An Insider's Take on Why the Federal Reserve Is Bad for America
- De: Danielle DiMartino Booth
- Narrado por: Danielle DiMartino Booth
- Duración: 9 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 870
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 759
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 759
In the early 2000s, as a Wall Street escapee writing a financial column for the Dallas Morning News, Booth attracted attention for her bold criticism of the Fed's low interest rate policies and her cautionary warnings about the bubbly housing market. Nobody was more surprised than she when the folks at the Dallas Federal Reserve invited her aboard. Figuring she could have more of an impact on Fed policies from the inside, she accepted the call to duty and rose to be one of Dallas Fed president Richard Fisher's closest advisors.
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5 out of 5 stars
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straight forward brilliant
- De casey en 02-20-17
- Fed Up
- An Insider's Take on Why the Federal Reserve Is Bad for America
- De: Danielle DiMartino Booth
- Narrado por: Danielle DiMartino Booth
a keen look at a hard-to-define institution
Revisado: 02-21-17
the narrator was excellent. The writing was better. The story told was the best.
the Fed is an arcane institution whose function is obscured by jargon that often seems intentionally convoluted. the role of the central bank and the tools at its disposal can seem impenetrable to anyone without concurrent degrees in economics, political science, and finance. This book breaks that barrier and explains the actions by massivley powerful and breathtakingly anonymous people as the world began to unravel in the aftermath pf the housing crisis. highly recommended.
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