The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself runs 8.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rick Adamson (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.2 hours, it is shorter than 57% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
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About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
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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 Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself is an audiobook by Richard D. Wolff: a 8.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Rick Adamson, released June 29, 2021, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Economics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rick Adamson
- Released
- June 29, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Economics
- ISBN
- 9781666127805
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How long is The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself as an audiobook?
The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself runs 8.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
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Who narrates The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself?
The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself is narrated by Rick Adamson.