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The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor by David S. Landes

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor runs 21.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Walter Dixon (about 14.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

21.8listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 21.8 hours of listening.

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30 min / day44 days
1 hour / day22 days
2 hours / day11 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×15 days

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What our data says

  • At 21.8 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor is an audiobook by David S. Landes: a 21.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Walter Dixon, released July 27, 2021, on the World and Economics shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
21.8 hrs
Narrated by
Walter Dixon
Released
July 27, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World, Economics
ISBN
9781666125627

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor as an audiobook?

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor runs 21.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14.5 hours.

Is The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor?

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor is narrated by Walter Dixon.

Is The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14.5 hours, saving 7.3 hours.