Narrator Tanya Eby's tone perfectly fits this cogent reporting on how employers large and small fail working-class people in the U.S. The startling inequities she shares--brutal working conditions and systematic corporate and government suppression of wages--are egregious enough to justify a hectoring tone. But the equanimity in her voice better allows this information to help create public awareness about the feudal conditions in much of the retail, service, construction, and healthcare sectors; the hidden costs of low wages to families; and the government agencies called upon to help them survive. Many in the working class are people of color, and their awakening to their demographic power will surely move our culture toward more equitable pay and working conditions.
Pub Date: April 5, 2016
Duration: 8 hrs, 15 mins
DD ISBN: 9781681680798
Publisher: HighBridge Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
The readers can't compensate for the unbearably pompous prose style of this extended parable about corporate politics and strategy.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 3 hrs
Publisher: Random House Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
An engaging experience.
This audiobook deals with everything from the historic investments that led to world-dominating companies, such as the Chinese technology company Tencent, to predicting the products and services of the future. An audiobook of such complexity requires a narrator who can handle the task, and David Thorpe manages it admirably. Thorpe uses his masterly voice, which sits somewhere between that of a BBC World Service presenter and an easy, relaxed Home Counties accent, to guide listeners through a sea of numbers, acronyms, and terms such as YP, RPS, and market cap. Rather than simply reading, Thorpe presents the work with excitement and enthusiasm, and this enjoyment transfers to the listener.
An engaging experience.Pub Date: Feb. 20, 2026
Duration: 13 hrs
DD ISBN: 9781668103425
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Review Posted Online: March 17, 2026
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