The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-crisis World: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-crisis World runs 16.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by William Hughes (about 10.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
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What our data says
- At 16.3 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by William Hughes
William Hughes narrates 86 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 964 hours in all.
- The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
- Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
- The Road to Serfdom, the Definitive Edition: Text and Documents
- NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
- Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
564 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
- The End of the World is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization
- Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
- The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
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 Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-crisis World is an audiobook by Ruchir Sharma: a 16.3-hour unabridged recording, read by William Hughes, released June 7, 2016, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Economics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- William Hughes
- Released
- June 7, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Economics
- ISBN
- 9781504730242
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-crisis World as an audiobook?
The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-crisis World runs 16.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.9 hours.
Is The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-crisis World free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-crisis World?
The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-crisis World is narrated by William Hughes.
Is The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-crisis World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.9 hours, saving 5.4 hours.