Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc.-How the Working Poor Became Big Business: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc.-How the Working Poor Became Big Business audiobook runs 12.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Scott Sowers (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 12.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 12.8 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Scott Sowers
Scott Sowers narrates 98 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,050 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,019 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc.-How the Working Poor Became Big Business is an audiobook by Gary Rivlin: a 12.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Scott Sowers, released August 24, 2010, on the Social Science and Economics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Scott Sowers
- Released
- August 24, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Economics, The Americas
- ISBN
- 9780062049391
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc.-How the Working Poor Became Big Business audiobook?
Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc.-How the Working Poor Became Big Business runs 12.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is the Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc.-How the Working Poor Became Big Business audiobook free?
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Who narrates Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc.-How the Working Poor Became Big Business?
Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc.-How the Working Poor Became Big Business is narrated by Scott Sowers.
Is Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc.-How the Working Poor Became Big Business worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.3 hours.