The Permanent Problem: The Uncertain Transition from Mass Plenty to Mass Flourishing: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Permanent Problem: The Uncertain Transition from Mass Plenty to Mass Flourishing runs 9.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Stifel (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.4 hours of listening.
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| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.4 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Stifel
David Stifel narrates 155 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,191 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
1,692 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics 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 Permanent Problem: The Uncertain Transition from Mass Plenty to Mass Flourishing is an audiobook by Brink Lindsey: a 9.4-hour unabridged recording, read by David Stifel, released April 5, 2026, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Business & Career Development shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Stifel
- Released
- April 5, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Business & Career Development, World
- ISBN
- 9798349111648
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How long is The Permanent Problem: The Uncertain Transition from Mass Plenty to Mass Flourishing as an audiobook?
The Permanent Problem: The Uncertain Transition from Mass Plenty to Mass Flourishing runs 9.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
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Who narrates The Permanent Problem: The Uncertain Transition from Mass Plenty to Mass Flourishing?
The Permanent Problem: The Uncertain Transition from Mass Plenty to Mass Flourishing is narrated by David Stifel.