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Bullshit Jobs

A Theory

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12 hours 38 min

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber, read by Christopher Ragland.Be honest: if your job didn't exist, would anybody miss it? Have you ever wondered why not? Up to 40% of us secretly believe our jobs probably aren't necessary. In other words: they are bullshit jobs. This book shows why, and what we can do about it.In the early twentieth century, people ... Read more

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Less: Stop Buying So Much Rubbish: How Having Fewer, Better Things Can Make Us Happier

by Patrick Grant ...

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Unabridged

11 hours 55 min

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Mining Men

Britain’s Last Kings of the Coalface

by Emily P Webber ...

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8 hours 14 min

Brought to you by Penguin.The story of the last generation of British miners: fathers and sons, brothers and comrades, big hitters and broken men, strikers and scabs.Mining Men explores how these men felt when the pits were closed and what happened next, including former miners who became factory workers, detectives, driving instructors, counsellors, the local mayor and one who even ended up ... Read more

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Red State Revolt

The Teachers' Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics

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6 hours 6 min

Thirteen months after Trump allegedly captured the allegiance of "the white working class," a strike wave—the first in over four decades—rocked the United States. Inspired by the wildcat victory in West Virginia, teachers in Oklahoma, Arizona, and across the country walked off their jobs and shut down their schools to demand better pay for educators, more funding for students, and an end to years ... Read more

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A scathing, sardonic exploration of Silicon Valley tech culture, laying bare the greed, hubris, and retrograde politics of an industry that aspires to radically transform society for its own benefit. This enlightening audiobook is a must-listen for anyone interested or involved in the tech industry.At the height of the startup boom, journalist Corey Pein set out for Silicon Valley with little more ... Read more

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The Freelance Mindset

Unleashing Your Side Hustles for Better Work, Play, and Life

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Offers concrete ways to navigate the uncertainty of freelancing to build a life that is financially and emotionally rewarding.In The Freelance Mindset we discover our illusions about the way we work are just that—stories we make up, or, worse, stories that were made up for us. The current way of work is, in fact, not working for us, but there is another path forward: one that leverages our innate ... Read more

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Industrial Socialism

Big Bill Haywood and the I.W.W.

by William Haywood, Peter Lerman ...

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Unabridged

2 hours 20 min

William Dudley Haywood, nicknamed “Big Bill,” was an American labor organizer as well as founding member and leader of the Industrial Workers of the World (commonly referred to as the “Wobblies”). He was also a member of the executive committee of the Socialist Party of America.During the first two decades of the 20th century, Haywood was involved in several important labor battles, including the ... Read more

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William Dudley Haywood, nicknamed “Big Bill,” was an American labor organizer as well as founding member and leader of the Industrial Workers of the World (commonly referred to as the “Wobblies”). He was also a member of the executive committee of the Socialist Party of America.During the first two decades of the 20th century, Haywood was involved in several important labor battles, including the
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All Politics Is Local

Why Progressives Must Fight for the States

by Meaghan Winter ...

Narrated by Meaghan Winter ...

Unabridged

10 hours 8 min

Democrats have largely ceded control of state governments to the GOP, allowing them to rig our political system and undermine democracy itself.After the 2016 election, Republicans had their largest majority in the states since 1928, controlling legislative chambers in thirty-two states and governor offices in thirty-three. They also held both chambers of Congress and the presidency despite losing ... Read more

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Democrats have largely ceded control of state governments to the GOP, allowing them to rig our political system and undermine democracy itself.After the 2016 election, Republicans had their largest majority in the states since 1928, controlling legislative chambers in thirty-two states and governor offices in thirty-three. They also held both chambers of Congress and the presidency despite losing
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Wages for Housework

The Story of a Movement, an Idea, a Promise

by Emily Callaci ...

Narrated by Kate Winter ...

Unabridged

10 hours 40 min

Brought to you by Penguin.What would women do with their lives if they had more time? The riveting, untold story of a revolutionary campaign to change the way work is valued'The women of the world are serving notice. We want wages for every dirty toilet, every indecent assault, every painful childbirth, every cup of coffee and every smile. And if we don’t get what we want, we will simply refuse to ... Read more

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The Chinese Question

The Gold Rushes and Global Politics

by Mae M. Ngai ...

Narrated by Cindy Kay ...

Unabridged

13 hours 49 min

Between 1848 and 1899, more gold was removed from the earth than had been mined in the 3,000 preceding years, bringing untold wealth to individuals and nations. But friction between Chinese and white settlers on the goldfields of California, Australia, and South Africa catalyzed a global battle over "the Chinese Question": would the United States and the British Empire outlaw Chinese immigration ... Read more

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Between 1848 and 1899, more gold was removed from the earth than had been mined in the 3,000 preceding years, bringing untold wealth to individuals and nations. But friction between Chinese and white settlers on the goldfields of California, Australia, and South Africa catalyzed a global battle over "the Chinese Question": would the United States and the British Empire outlaw Chinese immigration
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Worked Over

How Round-the-Clock Work Is Killing the American Dream

by Jamie K McCallum ...

Narrated by Angelo Di Loreto ...

Unabridged

7 hours 37 min

An award-winning sociologist reveals the unexpected link between overwork and inequality.Most Americans work too long and too hard, while others lack consistency in their hours and schedules. Work hours declined for a century through hard-fought labor-movement victories, but they've increased significantly since the seventies. Worked Over traces the varied reasons why our lives became tethered to ... Read more

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Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies

Migrant Farmworkers in the United States

by Seth Holmes ...

Narrated by Paul Costanzo ...

Unabridged

8 hours 24 min

Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies provides an intimate examination of the everyday lives and suffering of Mexican migrants in our contemporary food system. An anthropologist and MD in the mold of Paul Farmer and Didier Fassin, Seth M. Holmes shows how market forces, anti-immigrant sentiment, and racism undermine health and health care. Holmes's material is visceral and powerful. He trekked with his ... Read more

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Summary of David Graeber's The Utopia of Rules

by Everest Media ...

Narrated by AI Marcus ...

Abridged

33 min

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Private Government

How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It)

by Elizabeth Anderson ...

Narrated by Lauren Pedersen ...

Unabridged

5 hours 40 min

Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments—and why we can't see itOne 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. Many employers minutely regulate workers' speech, clothing, and manners on the job, ... Read more

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Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments—and why we can't see itOne 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. Many employers minutely regulate workers' speech, clothing, and manners on the job,
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Soul Full of Coal Dust

A Fight for Breath and Justice in Appalachia

by Chris Hamby ...

Narrated by Gary Tiedemann ...

Unabridged

14 hours 1 min

In a devastating and urgent work of investigative journalism, Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hamby uncovers the tragic resurgence of black lung disease in Appalachia, its Big Coal cover-up, and the resilient mining communities who refuse to back down.Decades ago, a grassroots uprising forced Congress to enact long-overdue legislation designed to virtually eradicate black lung disease and provide fair ... Read more

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In a devastating and urgent work of investigative journalism, Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hamby uncovers the tragic resurgence of black lung disease in Appalachia, its Big Coal cover-up, and the resilient mining communities who refuse to back down.Decades ago, a grassroots uprising forced Congress to enact long-overdue legislation designed to virtually eradicate black lung disease and provide fair
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The Immigrant Exodus

Why America Is Losing the Global Race to Capture Entrepreneurial Talent

by Vivek Wadhwa ...

Narrated by Tim Andres Pabon ...

Unabridged

2 hours 29 min

A 2012 ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEARMany of the United States’ most innovative entrepreneurs have been immigrants, from Andrew Carnegie, Alexander Graham Bell, and Charles Pfizer to Sergey Brin, Vinod Khosla, and Elon Musk. Nearly half of Fortune 500 companies and one-quarter of all new small businesses were founded by immigrants, generating trillions of dollars annually, employing millions of ... Read more

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Shadowbosses

Government Unions Control America and Rob Taxpayers Blind

by Mallory Factor ...

Narrated by Mallory Factor ...

Unabridged

9 hours 45 min

The rise of unions is having a deep impact on the workers of America, and this brutally honest exposé serves as a warning to concerned Americans for what’s to come if this continues.SHADOWBOSSES reads like an organized crime novel, but it's actually a true story of how labor unions are infiltrating our government and corrupting our political process. This compelling and insightful book exposes how ... Read more

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Blood Runs Coal

The Yablonski Murders and the Battle for the United Mine Workers of America

by Mark A. Bradley ...

Narrated by Perry Daniels ...

Unabridged

9 hours 32 min

In the early hours of New Year's Eve 1969, in the small soft coal mining borough of Clarksville, Pennsylvania, longtime trade union insider Joseph "Jock" Yablonski and his wife and daughter were brutally murdered in their old stone farmhouse. Seven months earlier, Yablonski had announced his campaign to oust the corrupt president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), Tony Boyle. Yablonski ... Read more

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Love the Work, Hate the Job

Why America’s Best Workers Are More Unhappy than Ever

by David Kusnet ...

Narrated by Tom Weiner ...

Unabridged

8 hours 13 min

Over the years, American jobs have become more intellectually challenging and less physically exhausting. Yet more and more American workers—blue collar, white collar, and pink collar—are expressing dissatisfaction with their jobs. They love their careers, but not their working conditions. What turns a model employee into a malcontent?David Kusnet followed the workers at four companies in the ... Read more

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Means and Ends

The Revolutionary Practice of Anarchism in Europe and the United States

by Zoe Baker ...

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Unabridged

12 hours 25 min

An expansive and accessible account of anarchism as a theory of practice.Means and Ends is a new overview of the revolutionary strategy of anarchism in Europe and the United States between 1868 and 1939. Zoe Baker clearly and accessibly explains the ideas that historical anarchists developed in order to change the world. This includes their views on direct action, revolution, organization, state ... Read more

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Why So Many Jobs Feel Useless in Today’s World

Discover why so many jobs feel useless today! Unleash captivating audio insights for profound understanding.

by Bastian Cresswell ...

Narrated by Nick Porter ...

Unabridged

2 hours 21 min

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by Frederick Lederman ...

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3 hours 1 min

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Oltre i Cancelli

by Delio Fantasia ...

Narrated by Gabriele Sorrentino ...

Unabridged

5 hours 55 min

Gli ultimi trent’anni della fabbrica più grande del centro Italia raccontati da un operaio metalmeccanico di produzione. Aneddoti e situazioni vissute all’interno della Fiat (ora FCA) di Cassino, raccontate con ironica serietà da un interprete dell’ultima generazione di operai che ha attraversato le epocali trasformazioni del mercato e dell’organizzazione del lavoro, delle controriforme del ... Read more

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Vision or Mirage

Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads

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13 hours 41 min

Something extraordinary is happening in Saudi Arabia. A traditional, tribal society once known for its lack of tolerance is rapidly implementing significant economic and social reforms. An army of foreign consultants is rewriting the social contract, King Salman has cracked down hard on corruption, and his dynamic though inexperienced son, the Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, is promoting a more ... Read more

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