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All the Devils Are Here
- The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis
- By: Bethany McLean, Joe Nocera
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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As soon as the financial crisis erupted, the finger-pointing began. Should the blame fall on Wall Street, Main Street, or Pennsylvania Avenue? On greedy traders, misguided regulators, sleazy subprime companies, cowardly legislators, or clueless home buyers? According to Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera, two of America's most acclaimed business journalists, the real answer is all of the above-and more. Many devils helped bring hell to the economy.
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Excellent book
- By Marlene L. on 06-04-2021
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All the Devils Are Here
- The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 16-11-2010
- Language: English
- As soon as the financial crisis erupted, the finger-pointing began....
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The Swamp Peddlers
- How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream
- By: Jason Vuic
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Florida has long beckoned retirees seeking to spend their golden years in the sun, but, for many, the American dream of owning a home there was financially impossible. That changed in the 1950s, when the so-called "installment land sales industry" appeared out of nowhere to hawk billions of dollars of Florida residential property, sight unseen, to retiring northerners. For only $10 down and $10 a month, working-class pensioners could buy a piece of the Florida dream: a graded homesite that would be waiting for them in a planned community when they were ready to build.
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The Swamp Peddlers
- How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 21-06-2021
- Language: English
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Florida has long beckoned retirees seeking to spend their golden years in the sun, but, for many, the American dream of owning a home there was financially impossible. That changed in the 1950s....
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Social Security 101 (2nd Edition)
- From Medicare to Spousal Benefits, an Essential Primer on Government Retirement Aid (Adams 101 Series)
- By: Michele Cagan CPA, Alfred Mill
- Narrated by: Wendy Tremont King
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Too often, writing about social security turns the noteworthy details of the benefits into boring details about regulations or biased political arguments that would put even a diehard bureaucrat to sleep. Social Security 101, 2nd Edition, cuts out the tedious explanations and instead provides a hands-on lesson that keeps you engaged as you learn all you need to know about the federal program that’s been around since the Great Depression.
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Social Security 101 (2nd Edition)
- From Medicare to Spousal Benefits, an Essential Primer on Government Retirement Aid (Adams 101 Series)
- Narrated by: Wendy Tremont King
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 01-10-2024
- Language: English
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Learn the ins and outs of the social security system in this accessible, easy-to-navigate guide with refreshed, updated information in Social Security 101, 2nd Edition.
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The Great Risk Shift
- The Assault on American Jobs, Families, Health Care, and Retirement - and How You Can Fight Back
- By: Jacob S. Hacker
- Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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America's leaders say the economy is strong and getting stronger. But the safety net that once protected us is fast unraveling. With retirement plans in growing jeopardy while health coverage erodes, more and more economic risk is shifting from government and business onto the fragile shoulders of the American family. In The Great Risk Shift, Jacob S. Hacker lays bare this unsettling new economic climate, showing how it has come about, what it is doing to our families, and how we can fight back.
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The Great Risk Shift
- The Assault on American Jobs, Families, Health Care, and Retirement - and How You Can Fight Back
- Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 03-02-2014
- Language: English
- America's leaders say the economy is strong and getting stronger. But the safety net that once protected us is fast unraveling....
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- Igniting a Revolution to Reinvent America
- By: Bill Novelli, Boe Workman
- Narrated by: Eric Conger
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
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Bill Novelli doesn't believe that retirement has to mean rocking one's way into the sunset. As the head of the strongest organization of retired people in the world, the AARP, Novelli believes that retirement can be a time of action and influence rather than one of illness and decline.
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- Igniting a Revolution to Reinvent America
- Narrated by: Eric Conger
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 22-09-2006
- Language: English
- Bill Novelli doesn't believe that retirement has to mean rocking one's way into the sunset....
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A Day Like Today
- Memoirs
- By: John Humphrys
- Narrated by: John Humphrys
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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A Day Like Today charts John’s journey from the poverty of his post-war childhood in Cardiff, leaving school at 15, to the summits of broadcasting. Humphrys was the BBC’s youngest foreign correspondent, the first reporter at the catastrophe of Aberfan, an experience that marked him for ever; he was in the White House when Richard Nixon became the first American president to resign, in South Africa during the dying years of apartheid, and in war zones around the globe throughout his career. John was also the first journalist to present the Nine O’Clock News on television.
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A Day Like Today
- Memoirs
- Narrated by: John Humphrys
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 03-10-2019
- Language: English
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A sharp, shrewd memoir and a backstage account of the great newsworthy moments in recent history – from the voice behind the country’s most authoritative microphone....
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A Wealthy Girl
- 7 Steps to Prosperity, Peace, and Personal Power
- By: Charisse Conanan Johnson
- Narrated by: Charisse Conanan Johnson
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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There is nothing as powerful as a “girl” with a mind for money-making coupled with a purpose that lives way beyond the money. Through A Wealthy Girl, you will learn that you don’t have to be male, rich, old, or white, to be wealthy. This book is not your ordinary wealth-building book. Your wealth is beyond what sits in your bank account - it embodies your relationships, your craft, and your faith. Through the in-depth pages of A Wealthy Girl, you will be shaped by a new wealth conversation, rooted in both the tangible and intangible aspects of wealth.
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A Wealthy Girl
- 7 Steps to Prosperity, Peace, and Personal Power
- Narrated by: Charisse Conanan Johnson
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 10-03-2021
- Language: English
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There is nothing as powerful as a “girl” with a mind for money-making coupled with a purpose that lives way beyond the money. Through A Wealthy Girl, you will learn that you don’t have to be male, rich, old, or white, to be wealthy....
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Retirement on the Line: Age, Work, and Value in an American Factory
- By: Caitrin Lynch
- Narrated by: Beth Richmond
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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In an era when people live longer and want (or need) to work past the traditional retirement age, the Vita Needle Company of Needham, Massachusetts, provides inspiration and important lessons about the value of older workers. Vita Needle is a family-owned factory that was founded in 1932 and makes needles, stainless steel tubing and pipes, and custom fabricated parts. As part of its unusual business model, the company seeks out older workers; the median age of the employees is seventy-four.
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Retirement on the Line: Age, Work, and Value in an American Factory
- Narrated by: Beth Richmond
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 23-07-2013
- Language: English
- In an era when people live longer and want (or need) to work past the traditional retirement age, the Vita Needle Company, provides inspiration and important lessons about the value of older workers....
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Downhill from Here
- Retirement Insecurity in the Age of Inequality
- By: Katherine S. Newman
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
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Retirement insecurity is an increasingly serious manifestation of the vast inequality that risks destroying the social fabric in America. The nearly inevitable consequence of lifetime wage discrepancies, security in retirement is linked to the kinds of jobs we hold during our work lives. That, in turn, is a product of all the forces leading to historic levels of inequality, forces that have protected the very wealthy, destroyed any hold on stability for the poor, and gradually eroded the security of the vast middle class.
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Downhill from Here
- Retirement Insecurity in the Age of Inequality
- Narrated by: Karen White
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 22-01-2019
- Language: English
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Retirement insecurity is an increasingly serious manifestation of the vast inequality that risks destroying the social fabric in America. And the problem of inequality has moved from an academic preoccupation to a growing theme in national and local politics....
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La rebelión de los mayores
- Porque la indignación no se jubila nunca
- By: Paca Tricio
- Narrated by: Anabel Moreno
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
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Nadie esperaba mucho de ellos. Todos - políticos y sociólogos, analistas y politólogos - daban a los mayores españoles por amortizados y semienterrados. Habían sacado la cabeza entre las mareas de indignación que nos visitan de manera periódica, sobre todo desde el 11-M - los famosos yayoflautas - pero nadie esperaba que su función fuera más allá de la de meros comparsas.
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La rebelión de los mayores
- Porque la indignación no se jubila nunca
- Narrated by: Anabel Moreno
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 07-12-2020
- Language: Spanish
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Nadie esperaba mucho de ellos. Todos - políticos y sociólogos, analistas y politólogos - daban a los mayores españoles por amortizados y semienterrados....
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Encore
- Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life
- By: Marc Freedman
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
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Encore tells the stories of encore career pioneers who are not content, or affluent enough, to spend their next 30 years on a golf course. These men and women are moving beyond midlife careers yet refusing to phase out or fade away. As they search for a calling in the second half of life and focus on what matters most, these individuals stand to transform the nature of work in America.
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Encore
- Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 07-07-2008
- Language: English
- Encore tells the stories of encore career pioneers who are not content, or affluent enough, to spend their next 30 years on a golf course....
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Falling Short
- The Coming Retirement Crisis and What to Do About It
- By: Charles D. Ellis, Alicia H. Munnell, Andrew D. Eschtruth
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
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The United States faces a serious retirement challenge. Many of today's workers will lack the resources to retire at traditional ages and maintain their standard of living in retirement. Solving the problem is a major challenge in today's environment in which risk and responsibility have shifted from government and employers to individuals. For this reason, Charles D. Ellis, Alicia H. Munnell, and Andrew D. Eschtruth have written this concise guide for anyone concerned about their own—and the nation's—retirement security.
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Falling Short
- The Coming Retirement Crisis and What to Do About It
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 23-01-2024
- Language: English
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Charles D. Ellis, Alicia H. Munnell, and Andrew D. Eschtruth have written this concise guide for anyone concerned about their own—and the nation's—retirement security....
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