Private Government

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    • How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk About It)
    • Written by: Elizabeth Anderson
    • Narrated by: Lauren Pedersen
    • Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 2023-06-06
    • Language: English
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    • One in four American workers says their workplace is a "dictatorship." Yet that number almost certainly would be higher if we recognized employers for what they are—private governments with sweeping authoritarian power over our lives....

    Price: $17.54 or 1 Credit

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    • How One Man's Private American Army Tried to Conquer Mexico, Nicaragua, and Honduras
    • Written by: Scott Martelle
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 2019-01-30
    • Language: English
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    • In the decade before the onset of the Civil War, groups of Americans engaged in a series of longshot - and illegal - forays into Mexico, Cuba, and other Central American countries in hopes of taking them over....

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    • Four Women Face China's New Social Order
    • Written by: Yuan Yang
    • Narrated by: Crystal Yu, Gabby Wong, Kae Alexander, Naomi Yang, Yuan Yang
    • Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 2024-07-02
    • Language: English
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    • Chinese-British journalist Yuan Yang paints a sweeping yet intimate portrait of modern China told through the lives of four ordinary women striving for a better future in a highly unequal society....

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    • Adventures in Business, Politics, and the Arts
    • Written by: Thomas d'Aquino
    • Narrated by: Thomas d'Aquino
    • Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 2023-02-21
    • Language: English
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    • A remarkable memoir by the man at the apex of Canadian power for over fifty years, Private Power, Public Purpose is the ultimate insider's history in the worlds of politics, business, and philanthropy....

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    • Reflections on a Secret Life, Private Struggle, and Public Battle to Become the First Openly Gay U.S. Ambassador
    • Written by: Ambassador James C. Hormel, Erin Martin
    • Narrated by: Richard Waterhouse
    • Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 2013-02-08
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • This is the memoir of James C. Hormel - a man who grew up feeling different....

    Price: $26.40 or 1 Credit

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    • Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America
    • Written by: Brendan Ballou
    • Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
    • Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 2023-05-02
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • In Plunder, an authoritative exposé of private equity, Brendan Ballou explains what it is, how it kills businesses and jobs, how the government helps, and how we stop it....

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    • The True Story of a Private Military Contractor's Covert Assignments in Syria, Libya, and the World's Most Dangerous Places
    • Written by: Simon Chase, Ralph Pezzullo
    • Narrated by: Eric Brooks
    • Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 2016-01-12
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • A dramatic insider account of the world of private military contracting....

    Price: $28.27 or 1 Credit

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    • Written by: Nelson DeMille
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Series: A John Corey Novel, Book 3
    • Length: 14 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 2004-11-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
    • Based on true events, but unlike anything you've ever heard before, New York Times best-selling author Nelson DeMille has created what may be his finest work to date....

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    • When Wall Street Manages Main Street
    • Written by: Eileen Appelbaum, Rosemary Batt
    • Narrated by: Colleen Patrick
    • Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 2015-01-07
    • Language: English
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    • Private equity firms have long been at the center of public debates on the impact of the financial sector on Main Street companies....

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    • Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths
    • Written by: Mariana Mazzucato
    • Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
    • Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 2019-06-25
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • In this sharp and controversial international best seller, an award-winning economist debunks the pervasive myth that the government is sluggish and inept, and at odds with a dynamic private sector. She reveals in detailed case studies that the opposite is true....

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    • The Six Far-Right Groups Waging War on Democracy
    • Written by: Rena Steinzor
    • Narrated by: Linda Jones
    • Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 2025-02-05
    • Language: English
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    • Rena Steinzor delves into histories, mapping strategies, tactics, and characteristics of private sector special interest groups and offers a comprehensive story about the downfall of American democracy.

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    • Written by: Titus Gebel
    • Narrated by: Scott R. Pollak
    • Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 2019-02-06
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Imagine a system in which a private company offers you protection of life, liberty, and property as a "government service provider". This service includes internal and external security, a legal and regulatory framework, and independent dispute resolution....

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    • How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty
    • Written by: Daniel Schulman
    • Narrated by: Allen O'Reilly
    • Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 2014-05-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • Like the Rockefellers and the Kennedys, the Kochs are one of the most influential dynasties of the modern age, but they have never been the subject of a major biography... until now....

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    • How Private Power Crushed American Liberty—and What to Do About It
    • Written by: Sohrab Ahmari
    • Narrated by: Sohrab Ahmari
    • Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 2023-08-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Provocative, original, and cutting across partisan lines, Tyranny, Inc. tells the inside story of how our political class enabled an era of unaccountable corporate might that left ordinary Americans isolated and powerless—and how we can fight back....

    Price: $23.99 or 1 Credit

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    • The Private World of the Kennedy White House
    • Written by: Sally Bedell Smith
    • Narrated by: Lee Adams
    • Length: 20 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 2004-04-30
    • Language: English
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    • In Grace and Power, New York Times best-selling author Sally Bedell Smith takes us inside the Kennedy White House with unparalleled access and insight....

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    • The Private World of the Presidential Retreat
    • Written by: Michael Giorgione
    • Narrated by: Michael Giorgione
    • Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 2017-10-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • A peaceful mountaintop setting crucially removed from the constant scrutiny of the press, Camp David has served as both a site of critical diplomacy and unparalleled tranquility....

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    • Shotgun Takeovers, Government by Deal, and the Private Equity Implosion
    • Written by: Steven M. Davidoff
    • Narrated by: Jay Snyder
    • Length: 13 hrs
    • Release date: 2020-07-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • This audiobook is a whirlwind tour of the players determining the destiny of corporate America, including the government, private equity, strategic buyers, hedge funds, and sovereign wealth funds....

    Price: $27.83 or 1 Credit

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    • How the Private Sector Can Fulfill King’s Dream of Economic Justice and Equality (Social Impact Essay Series, Book 2)
    • Written by: Roderick Wheeler
    • Narrated by: Danny Swopes
    • Series: Social Impact Essay Series, Book 2
    • Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
    • Release date: 2025-01-30
    • Language: English
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    • Stand in Solidarity is a must-listen essay for business leaders seeking to make a meaningful social impact in response to the social unrest and global protest that resulted from the murderof George Floyd and many others.

    Price: $8.71 or 1 Credit

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    • A Private History of Campaigns That Failed, Some That Didn’t, and How Big Tech Can Still Save Democracy
    • Written by: James Walter Moore
    • Narrated by: James Walter Moore
    • Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 2024-07-08
    • Language: English
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    • Packed auditoriums. Crowds of anxious people. Crowds of scary people. Suffocating sound studios. TV lights cooking my skull and cameras that looked like they were going to bite me in the face. Rooms full of lawyers. Celebrities. Strangers pleading with me to save them.

    Price: $31.27 or 1 Credit

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