The Birth of Plenty: How the Prosperity of the Modern World was Created: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Birth of Plenty: How the Prosperity of the Modern World was Created runs 4.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 3.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.7 hours, it is shorter than 75% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Grover Gardner
Grover Gardner narrates 576 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,276 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
204 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
The Birth of Plenty: How the Prosperity of the Modern World was Created is an audiobook by William J. Bernstein: a 4.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released October 1, 2005, on the World and Economics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Grover Gardner
- Released
- October 1, 2005
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Economics
- ISBN
- 9781639290376
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Birth of Plenty: How the Prosperity of the Modern World was Created as an audiobook?
The Birth of Plenty: How the Prosperity of the Modern World was Created runs 4.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.1 hours.
Is The Birth of Plenty: How the Prosperity of the Modern World was Created free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Birth of Plenty: How the Prosperity of the Modern World was Created?
The Birth of Plenty: How the Prosperity of the Modern World was Created is narrated by Grover Gardner.