The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream runs 7.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Walter Dixon (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 7.7 hours, it is shorter than 58% of the 1,568 Economics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Walter Dixon
Walter Dixon narrates 308 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,447 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Economics shelf
227 Economics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Freakonomics Rev Ed
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- How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
- Abundance
- Killing Sacred Cows: Overcoming the Financial Myths that are Destroying Your Prosperity
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 Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream is an audiobook by Tyler Cowen: a 7.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Walter Dixon, released April 1, 2017, on the Economics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Walter Dixon
- Released
- April 1, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Economics
- ISBN
- 9781469066264
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream as an audiobook?
The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream runs 7.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.
Is The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream?
The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream is narrated by Walter Dixon.