Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty audiobook runs 17.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Dan Woren (about 11.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 17.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 36 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
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What our data says
- At 17.9 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 4,722 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Dan Woren
Dan Woren narrates 110 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,150 hours in all.
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Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty is an audiobook by James A. Robinson and Daron Acemoglu: a 17.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Dan Woren, released March 20, 2012, on the Economics and Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dan Woren
- Released
- March 20, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Economics, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- ISBN
- 9780307987464
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty audiobook?
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty runs 17.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.9 hours.
Is the Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty?
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty is narrated by Dan Woren.
Is Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.9 hours, saving 6 hours.