The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality runs 12.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Matthew Brenher (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.3 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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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Matthew Brenher
Matthew Brenher narrates 59 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 640 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
970 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 Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality is an audiobook by Angus Deaton: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Matthew Brenher, released January 25, 2016, on the World and Economics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Matthew Brenher
- Released
- January 25, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Economics
- ISBN
- 9781504709217
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality as an audiobook?
The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality?
The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality is narrated by Matthew Brenher.
Is The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.