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The Essential James Buchanan (Essential Scholars) by Donald J. Boudreaux, Randall G. Holcombe

The Essential James Buchanan (Essential Scholars): Audiobook

by Donald J. Boudreaux, Randall G. Holcombe · narrated by Nichalia Schwartz · unabridged · 2023

Book 10 of the Essential Scholars series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Essential James Buchanan (Essential Scholars) runs 4.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nichalia Schwartz (about 2.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

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  • At 4.2 hours, it is shorter than 81% of the 1,568 Economics audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Essential Scholars

This is book 10. Books 1 to 9 run 22.5 hours before it; books 1 to 15 run 41.3 hours in all.

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1The Essential Hayek (Essential Scholars)2.7 hrs
2The Essential Adam Smith (Essential Scholars)3 hrs
3The Essential Milton Friedman (Essential Scholars)2.1 hrs
4The Essential John Locke (Essential Scholars)2.7 hrs
5The Essential Joseph Schumpeter (Essential Scholars)1.8 hrs
6The Essential Robert Nozick (Essential Scholars)1.4 hrs
7The Essential Austrian Economics (Essential Scholars)2.3 hrs
8The Essential David Hume (Essential Scholars)3.1 hrs
9The Essential John Stuart Mill (Essential Scholars)3.4 hrs
10The Essential James Buchanan (Essential Scholars)4.2 hrs
11The Essential UCLA School of Economics (Essential Scholars)3.3 hrs
12The Essential Ronald Coase (Essential Scholars)1.9 hrs

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Nichalia Schwartz narrates 16 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 25 hours in all.

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About this listen

The Essential James Buchanan (Essential Scholars) is book 10 of Donald J. Boudreaux's Essential Scholars series: a 4.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Nichalia Schwartz, released January 31, 2023, on the Economics shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
4.2 hrs
Narrated by
Nichalia Schwartz
Released
January 31, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Economics
Series
Essential Scholars #10
ISBN
9798368977867

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The Essential James Buchanan (Essential Scholars) runs 4.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.8 hours.

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Who narrates The Essential James Buchanan (Essential Scholars)?

The Essential James Buchanan (Essential Scholars) is narrated by Nichalia Schwartz.