The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves runs 13.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by L.J. Ganser (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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What our data says
- At 13.6 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 5,303 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by L.J. Ganser
L.J. Ganser narrates 136 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,260 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Social Science shelf
501 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves is an audiobook by Matt Ridley: a 13.6-hour unabridged recording, read by L.J. Ganser, released May 18, 2010, on the Social Science shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- L.J. Ganser
- Released
- May 18, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science
- ISBN
- 9780061997655
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves as an audiobook?
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves runs 13.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.
Is The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves?
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves is narrated by L.J. Ganser.
Is The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.5 hours.