A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World runs 17 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mel Foster (about 11.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 17 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 3,859 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Mel Foster
Mel Foster narrates 64 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 708 hours in all.
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About as long, on the World shelf
289 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World is an audiobook by William J. Bernstein: a 17-hour unabridged recording, read by Mel Foster, released April 25, 2008, on the Economics and World shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mel Foster
- Released
- April 25, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Economics, World
- ISBN
- 9781400176694
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World as an audiobook?
A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World runs 17 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.3 hours.
Is A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World?
A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World is narrated by Mel Foster.
Is A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.3 hours, saving 5.7 hours.