How the World Works: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How the World Works audiobook runs 12.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Eric Jason Martin (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 12.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 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 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Eric Jason Martin
Eric Jason Martin narrates 271 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,146 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
1,217 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics 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
How the World Works is an audiobook by Noam Chomsky: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Eric Jason Martin, released January 7, 2020, on the Economics and Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Eric Jason Martin
- Released
- January 7, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Economics, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- ISBN
- 9781541440067
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the How the World Works audiobook?
How the World Works runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is the How the World Works audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates How the World Works?
How the World Works is narrated by Eric Jason Martin.
Is How the World Works worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.