United States Corporation
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The Sack of Detroit
- General Motors and the End of American Enterprise
- Written by: Kenneth Whyte
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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In the 1950s, America enjoyed massive growth and affluence, and no companies contributed more to its success than automakers. They were the biggest and best businesses in the world, their leadership revered, their methods imitated, and their brands synonymous with the nation's aspirations. But by the end of the 1960s, Detroit's profits had evaporated and its famed executives had become symbols of greed, arrogance, and incompetence.
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The Sack of Detroit
- General Motors and the End of American Enterprise
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2021-06-01
- Language: English
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A provocative, revelatory history of the epic rise - and unnecessary fall - of the US automotive industry, uncovering the vivid story of innovation, politics, and business that led to a sudden, seismic shift in American priorities that is still felt today....
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Bait and Switch
- The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream
- Written by: Barbara Ehrenreich
- Narrated by: Anne Twomey
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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The best-selling author of Nickel and Dimed goes back undercover to do for America's ailing middle class what she did for the working poor. Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed explored the lives of low-wage workers. Now, in Bait and Switch, she enters another hidden realm of the economy: the world of the white-collar unemployed.
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Bait and Switch
- The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream
- Narrated by: Anne Twomey
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 2005-08-19
- Language: English
- The best-selling author of Nickel and Dimed goes back undercover to do for America's ailing middle class what she did for the working poor....
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Country Capitalism
- How Corporations from the American South Remade Our Economy and the Planet
- Written by: Bart Elmore
- Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
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Our lives are built around businesses that connect far-flung rural places to urban centers and global destinations. This "country capitalism" that proved successful in the US South has made it possible to satisfy our demands at the click of a button, but each click comes with hidden environmental costs.
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Country Capitalism
- How Corporations from the American South Remade Our Economy and the Planet
- Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 2023-05-30
- Language: English
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The rural roads that led to our planet-changing global economy ran through the American South. That region's impact on the interconnected histories of business and ecological change is narrated here by acclaimed scholar Bart Elmore....
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Taming the Octopus
- The Long Battle for the Soul of the Corporation
- Written by: Kyle Edward Williams
- Narrated by: Jon Vertullo
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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The untold story of how efforts to hold big business accountable changed American capitalism.
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Taming the Octopus
- The Long Battle for the Soul of the Corporation
- Narrated by: Jon Vertullo
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 2024-02-20
- Language: English
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The untold story of how efforts to hold big business accountable changed American capitalism.
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The One Percent Solution
- How Corporations Are Remaking America One State at a Time
- Written by: Gordon Lafer
- Narrated by: Kevin Moriarty
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
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In the aftermath of the 2010 Citizens United decision, it's become commonplace to note the growing political dominance of a small segment of the economic elite. But what exactly are those members of the elite doing with their newfound influence? The One Percent Solution provides an answer to this question for the first time. Gordon Lafer's book is a comprehensive account of legislation promoted by the nation's biggest corporate lobbies across all 50 state legislatures and encompassing a wide range of labor and economic policies.
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The One Percent Solution
- How Corporations Are Remaking America One State at a Time
- Narrated by: Kevin Moriarty
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 2021-02-12
- Language: English
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Gordon Lafer's book is a comprehensive account of legislation promoted by the nation's biggest corporate lobbies across all 50 state legislatures and encompassing a wide range of labor and economic policies....
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