It's Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the It's Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear audiobook runs 14.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Oliver Wyman (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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What our data says
- At 14.3 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Oliver Wyman
Oliver Wyman narrates 217 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,661 hours in all.
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About as long, on the World shelf
784 World 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
It's Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear is an audiobook by Gregg Easterbrook: a 14.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Oliver Wyman, released February 20, 2018, on the World and Economics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Oliver Wyman
- Released
- February 20, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Economics
- ISBN
- 9781549114939
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the It's Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear audiobook?
It's Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear runs 14.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.
Is the It's Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear audiobook free?
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Who narrates It's Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear?
It's Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear is narrated by Oliver Wyman.
Is It's Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.8 hours.