The Return of the State: And Why It Is Essential for Our Health, Wealth, and Happiness: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Return of the State: And Why It Is Essential for Our Health, Wealth, and Happiness runs 5.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Thom Rivera (about 3.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 5.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.8 hours, it is shorter than 78% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Thom Rivera
Thom Rivera narrates 80 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 739 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
662 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Return of the State: And Why It Is Essential for Our Health, Wealth, and Happiness is an audiobook by Graeme Garrard: a 5.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Thom Rivera, released June 14, 2022, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Thom Rivera
- Released
- June 14, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- ISBN
- 9798200991488
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Return of the State: And Why It Is Essential for Our Health, Wealth, and Happiness as an audiobook?
The Return of the State: And Why It Is Essential for Our Health, Wealth, and Happiness runs 5.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.8 hours.
Is The Return of the State: And Why It Is Essential for Our Health, Wealth, and Happiness free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Return of the State: And Why It Is Essential for Our Health, Wealth, and Happiness?
The Return of the State: And Why It Is Essential for Our Health, Wealth, and Happiness is narrated by Thom Rivera.