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Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
- De: Kate Raworth
- Narrado por: Kate Raworth
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 460
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 392
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 383
Economics is the mother tongue of public policy. It dominates our decision-making for the future, guides multi-billion-dollar investments, and shapes our responses to climate change, inequality, and other environmental and social challenges that define our times. Pity then, or more like disaster, that its fundamental ideas are centuries out of date yet are still taught in college courses worldwide and still used to address critical issues in government and business alike. That's why it is time, says renegade economist Kate Raworth, to revise our economic thinking for the 21st century. In Doughnut Economics, she sets out seven key ways to fundamentally reframe our understanding of what economics is and does. Along the way, she points out how we can break our addiction to growth; redesign money, finance, and business to be in service to people; and create economies that are regenerative and distributive by design.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Economic romanticizing, not economic thinking
- De LAM X LUU en 04-05-18
Read this flawed book
Revisado: 07-17-18
Read the book to be challenged and to be exposed to creative thinking.
However, you are going to have to navigate falsehoods, straw men and IMHO fundamental misunderstandings along the way.
If you can ignore some basic flaws and contemplate the higher-level points, you will be challenged.
And that is a good thing.
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Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?
- De: Robert Kuttner
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 14 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 52
Before and after World War II, a serendipitous confluence of events created a healthy balance between the market and the polity - between the engine of capitalism and the egalitarian ideals of democracy. A global financial system was devised explicitly to allow nations to manage capitalism. Yet this golden era turned out to be lightning in a bottle. From the 1970s on, a power shift occurred, in which financial regulations were rolled back, taxes were cut, inequality worsened, and disheartened voters turned to far-right faux populism. Can democracy find a way to survive?
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1 out of 5 stars
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The same old stuff, without nuance
- De Kit. Webster en 07-17-18
- Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?
- De: Robert Kuttner
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
The same old stuff, without nuance
Revisado: 07-17-18
If you are looking for the usual conversation about the state of America from a liberal perspective, this is your book. If you are looking for nuance, balance and creativity, not so much.
A consistently romantic view of workers and the casting of corporations and capitalism, which the author deems as the same thing, as demons, creates a plot that writes itself.
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Unbelievable
- My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History
- De: Katy Tur
- Narrado por: Katy Tur
- Duración: 7 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,094
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,800
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,789
The NBC journalist who covered - and took fire from - Donald Trump on the campaign trail offers an inside look at the most shocking presidential election in American history. Intriguing, disturbing, and powerful, Unbelievable is an unprecedented eyewitness account of the 2016 election from an intelligent, dedicated journalist at the center of it - a thoughtful historical record that offers eye-opening insights and details on our political process, the media, and the mercurial 45th president of the United States.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's hard to know what to say
- De Cheryl B en 09-17-17
- Unbelievable
- My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History
- De: Katy Tur
- Narrado por: Katy Tur
Some interesting stories; little depth
Revisado: 11-30-17
What did you like best about Unbelievable? What did you like least?
In this age of echo chambers, I hasten to identify myself as a social liberal who does not support and did not vote for Trump. I bought this book to gain insight. While not an insight-free zone, it is close. It is part autobiography and personal diary (pleasant enough, but unexpected) and part almost a caricature of what a conservative would expect a liberal to write. As an example, the author discusses Trump's "ducking" taxes by using perfectly legitimate, and IMHO reasonable, provisions of the tax code. The book contains a continual accounting of Trump's flaws, which are many, but little discussion of his strengths and little discussion of the context of why he won.
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
Because I generally keep track of current events, I already knew most of the information contained in the book. The most interesting parts were the things I did not buy the book for - introductions to and vignettes about the news teams covering the campaign and at NBC news. Learning about the author's life and parents was interesting enough, but not something I would have otherwise read about.
Would you listen to another book narrated by Katy Tur?
Yes. Her performance tracks her on-screen professionalism.
Did Unbelievable inspire you to do anything?
Yes, go find another book on the Trump campaign.
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Postcapitalism
- A Guide to Our Future
- De: Paul Mason
- Narrado por: Gildart Jackson
- Duración: 13 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 148
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 146
Over the past two centuries or so, capitalism has undergone profound changes - economic cycles that veer from boom to bust - from which it has always emerged transformed and strengthened. Surveying this turbulent history, Paul Mason's Postcapitalism argues that we are on the brink of a change so big and so profound that this time capitalism itself, the immensely complex system within which entire societies function, will mutate into something wholly new.
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3 out of 5 stars
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some good ideas...
- De "ge-ko" en 06-19-16
- Postcapitalism
- A Guide to Our Future
- De: Paul Mason
- Narrado por: Gildart Jackson
Disappointing
Revisado: 02-16-16
What disappointed you about Postcapitalism?
Since I am convinced that capitalism is reaching its sell-by date, I was interested in the author's thoughts on Postcapitalism. What I found was a leftist polemic, stereotypically full of misstatements, one-off examples and disgust for the bad guys. There may be some good ideas in here, but I could not get through the biases.
Has Postcapitalism turned you off from other books in this genre?
No
Have you listened to any of Gildart Jackson’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No
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