The World is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The World is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jim Bond (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 1,568 Economics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jim Bond
Jim Bond narrates 52 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 474 hours in all.
About as long, on the Economics shelf
235 Economics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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 World is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy is an audiobook by David M. Smick: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Jim Bond, released September 4, 2008, on the Economics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jim Bond
- Released
- September 4, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Economics
- ISBN
- 9781423377146
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The World is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy as an audiobook?
The World is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is The World is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The World is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy?
The World is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy is narrated by Jim Bond.
Is The World is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.