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Title: A Thousand Barrels a Second

Subtitle: The Coming Oil Break Point and the Challenges Facing an Energy Dependent World

Author: Peter Tertzakian

Narrator: Dick Hill

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-16-12

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Business, Commerce & Economy

Publisher's Summary:

In 2006, world oil consumption will exceed 1,000 barrels per second. The news marks an important change that will have a far-reaching impact on world economies, investments, and business profitability.

In A Thousand Barrels a Second, Chief Energy Economist of ARC Financial Peter Tertzakian examines the future of oil and offers insights into what it will take to rebalance our energy needs and seize new opportunities. He answers the top questions asked by business leaders, policy makers, investors, and concerned citizens as we approach the coming break point:

Tertzakian also offers a realistic, informed look into the future of our energy supply chains and how our consumption patterns may evolve, revealing how governments, businesses, and even individuals can meet the coming challenges with better solutions and innovations.

Members Reviews:

A Reasonable Sense of Urgency

It feels appropriate to review this book as crude oil futures hit all-time contract highs... The 1980 inflation-adjusted highs for crude (roughly $100 per barrel in today's money) are just around the corner in geopolitical terms.

In the book's title, "A Thousand Barrels a Second" refers to the point at which world oil demand exceeds 86 million barrels per day. (86.4 to be exact--there are 86,400 seconds in one day). The International Energy Agency (IEA) believes the 86 million threshold could be crossed this year.

The "Coming Oil Break Point" refers to the aftermath of crisis and inevitable forced change. Tertzakian explains:

"...the history of energy shows that a time of crisis is always followed by a defining break point, after which government policies, and social and technological forces, begin to rebalance the structure of the world's vast energy complex. Break points are crucial junctures marked by dramatic changes in the way energy is used."

During the break point and the rebalancing phase that follows (which can last for 10 to 20 years), nations struggle for answers, consumers suffer and complain, the economy adapts, and science surges with innovation and discovery. In the era that emerges, lifestyles change, businesses are born, and fortunes are made.

I read the entire book on one leg of a coast-to-coast plane trip, a feat made possible by the clarity and lucidity of Tertzakian's writing. He excels at laying out detailed concepts in ways that are easy for the reader to grasp and understand, and paints a convincing picture of the significant challenges we face.

Tertzakian firmly grounds his argument in history, explaining what he calls the "evolutionary energy cycle" through the lens of past transitions. At one point we journeyed to the ends of the earth for whale oil, just as we do for "rock oil" (the literal meaning of petroleum) today. In the switch from wood to coal, tallow to whale oil, whale oil to kerosene, and so on, predictable aspects of the evolutionary energy cycle begin to emerge.

In addition to outlining the situation we're in, Tertzakian gives a fascinating, though brief, history of the oil industry.

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Title: What the U.S. Can Learn from China

Subtitle: An Open-Minded Guide to Treating Our Greatest Competitor as Our Greatest Teacher

Author: Ann Lee

Narrator: Denise Washington Blomberg

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-29-12

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Business, Commerce & Economy

Publisher's Summary:

While America is still reeling from the 2008 financial crisis, a high unemployment rate, and a surge in government debt, China's economy is the second largest in the world, and many predict it will surpass the United States' by 2020. President Obama called China's rise "a Sputnik moment" - will America seize this moment or continue to treat China as its scapegoat?

Mainstream media and the U.S. government regularly target China as a threat. Rather than viewing China's power, influence, and contributions to the global economy in a negative light, Ann Lee asks, "What can America learn from its competition?"

Why did China recover so quickly after the global economic meltdown? What accounts for China's extraordinary growth, despite one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world? How does the Chinese political system avoid partisan rancor but achieve genuine public accountability? From education to governance to foreign aid, Lee details the policies and practices that have made China a global power and then isolates the ways the United States can use China's enduring principles to foster much-needed change at home.

This is no whitewash. Lee is fully aware of China's shortcomings, particularly in the area of human rights. She has relatives who suffered during the Cultural Revolution. But by overemphasizing our differences with China, the United States stands to miss a vital opportunity. Filled with sharp insights and thorough research, What the U.S. Can Learn from China is Lee's rallying cry for a new approach at a time when learning from one another is the key to surviving and thriving.

Members Reviews:

Very important message for US but wrong solutions

The author points out the many areas where China is in ascendency and the US is stagnant or in decline. It is a very powerful and necessary message for the American public and American leadership to hear. Covering far ranging subjects from education to economics and finance to entrepreneurial vitality to domestic politics to foreign relations, she details the shortcomings of current American policies and compares it to the recent success of the Chinese while excusing the Chinese when they come up short.

She is trying to send a wake up call to Americans and for that, I believe she is successful.

But I do believe she wants a positive outcome for the US, I don't agree with her solutions that basically have Americans becoming more like Chinese and the American government acting more like the Chinese government.

For example, she proposes that Americans learn to follow Confucian philosophy. Like the author, I am a Chinese born American and I believe I understand both cultures - I cannot see Americans adopting Confucianism - it is not in their genetic makeup. For myself and other Chinese of my generation and earlier, Confucianism is not a philosophy we had to study - it is something we are immersed in every moment of our lives. From the moment we became aware of our surroundings, every interaction - with family, teachers, neighbors - all reinforced that way of life.

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Title: Spend Shift

Subtitle: How the Post-Crisis Values Revolution Is Changing the Way We Buy, Sell, and Live

Author: John Gerzema, Michael D'Antonio

Narrator: Ray Chase

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-01-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Business, Commerce & Economy

Publisher's Summary:

Understanding the post-crisis consumer

In Spend Shift, John Gerzema, world-renowned expert on consumer values, and Pulitzer prizewinning author Michael D'Antonio document the rise of a vibrant, values-driven post-recession economy. To tell the story of this movement, the authors travel to large cities and small towns across eight bellwether states, to examine the value shifts sweeping the nation. Through in-depth observation, proprietary data from Young & Rubicam, and interviews with experts, the authors analyze the changing consumer psyche, document the five shifting values and consumer behaviors that are remaking America and the world, and explain what it means to businesses and leaders.

Compelling and insightful, Spend Shift is essential reading for anyone interested in how values are changing and how businesses can connect with consumers after the recession.

Members Reviews:

Laura Biagini Review - Milan

Despite John's analysis is focused on USA market It's really impressive that the same kind of evidence is definitely true in different (and distant) markets. I live, work and write from Italy but I think that the "spend shift" can be really seen as a common trait that sets new and challenging chances for brands throughout the world . Quite paradoxical (but probably that's why I like it!) that brands, whose loyalty index has been eroded on average over the past few years, could turn one of the the worst worldwide crisis of ever into a new exciting opportunity. And this wonderful book explains how it could happen. The fact is that the 2009 crisis was a double one: both economical and financial. As a consequence people didn't lose only purchasing power but also trust in institutions...and since we know that brands enjoy today the full status of institutions they have been stroke at their heart. That why John's formula is not about price cuts or good value for money but is about deep and positive values like trust, tradition, cooperation, community. A precious guide to business people, marketing and advertising students but also to common people to help them choose the brands that probably won't disappoint their expectations.

The world it is a changing

Great insight into the changes in behavior in our rapidly changing world. Our clients and customers are changing and "Spend Shift" gives a us a look at just how important the recent changes have been and more importantly, that these changes are not a temporary trend. Important information for anyone trying to adjust their marketing to meet current attitudes. The changes that were brought about by the "great Recession" are here to stay.

Great Reading!

Really stimulating reading, that help to understand how the great recession affected and how it modified consumer's behaviors and values.

It brings a new look to understand the reality of today's economy, bringing innovation and an opportunity for the crisis.

Highly recommended!

A well written, well researched, eye-opening book

In the worst year of the Great Depression Fortune Magazine was started by brave, risk-taking men who believed in themselves and their product and their country. Fast forward to The Great Recession and we see a new sort of risk-taker and rule breaker.

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Title: The New Gold Standard: Rediscovering the Power of Gold to Protect and Grow Wealth

Author: Paul Nathan, Donald Luskin

Narrator: Alan Robertson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-31-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Business, Commerce & Economy

Publisher's Summary:

The guide to returning to a gold standard.

All that glitters is gold and gold has never glittered so much as it has in the last decade, reaching staggering new prices in recent years. The definitive modern argument to returning to a gold standard, The New Gold Standard succinctly and clearly explains the nature of sound money, the causes and cures of inflation and deflation, the importance of fiscal responsibility within a sound monetary system, and the reasons for recessions and depressions.

As long as governments continue to print money and deficits continue to rise, gold will be a hot commodity. As inflation creeps up, more and more talk will turn to returning to some version of the gold standard. The New Gold Standard is the first major work to explicitly address the challenges and benefits of such a move.

Members Reviews:

This book is really useful that the golden standard is what our world is ...

This book is really useful that the golden standard is what our world is needing,instead of the fraud from the government of printing money.

Excellent Education In Perilous Times

This book is a must to educate oneself on what is actually happening in our economic world. The author is well qualified to speak his mind.

Don't waste your time and money

Nothing new here but a lot of words about nothing. Save your money and visit the kitco gold website for very informative articles.

Maybe it can be done...

This book really surprised me. I've worked with Paul,and read many of his articles about the US and world economy, and while Paul never fails to find a way to get the reader thinking about the big picture,this book will have you thinking about your most fundamental rights as a human and purportedly "free" citizen.

Aspects of how we are ruled that I took for granted--now seem flat out wrong and as unsustainable as our fiscal irresponsibility. I applaud Paul for writing a book about a return to the gold standard which acknowledges that such a return will only be possible and profitable after we address some even bigger issues.

Yes this is a book that will explain every pertinent aspect of the gold standard to students & investors. Yes, this book delineates what would be required to put us back on track. But more importantly this book is about personal responsibility and individual freedoms; and what our money says about both.

Gold - History and the Future Converge

This book is an interesting and easy read on an interesting and complex topic. The idea of a gold standard has been around for centuries and periodically supported entire economies for long periods of time. In this book the author makes an interesting case for the return to a national and international monetary system based on gold. While some may dispute his historical foundations or economic theories, he makes a cogent argument that logically leads to using gold as the medium of exchange for commerce. As part of any broad survey of contemporary economic literature this book deserves a place on the reading list.

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Title: Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Profit from Global Chaos

Author: Sarah Lacy

Narrator: Samantha Quan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-09-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Business, Commerce & Economy

Publisher's Summary:

An unforgettable portrait of the emerging world's entrepreneurial dynamos, Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky is the story about that top 1% of people who do more to change their worlds through greed and ambition than politicians, NGOs and nonprofits ever can.

This new breed of self-starter is taking local turmoil and turning it into opportunities, making millions, creating thousands of jobs and changing the face of modern entrepreneurship at the same time.

To tell this story, Lacy spent forty weeks traveling through Asia, South America and Africa hunting down the most impressive up-and-comers the developed world has never heard of....yet. The individuals profiled in Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky are distinct products of their own cultures, yet they share that same unmistakable cocktail of delusion, ambition, and brilliance that drove Bill Gates, Fred Smith, Donald Trump, and every other iconic American entrepreneur of the last few decades.

Members Reviews:

Liked it, didn't love it

Interesting content wise but something about the tone annoyed me. I can't tell if it's the writing of the narrator. Maybe a holier than thou tone. But the story itself is Interesting particularly hearing the stories of individual entrepreneurs and why they have succeeded.

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Title: Attention All Passengers

Subtitle: The Airlines' Dangerous Descent - and How to Reclaim Our Skies

Author: William J. McGee

Narrator: Greg Itzin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-26-12

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 21 votes

Genres: Business, Commerce & Economy

Publisher's Summary:

Award-winning journalist and leading consumer advocate William J. McGee offers a shocking, essential exposé that reveals the real state of the "friendly skies".

From outsourced call centers in India to the Alabama location where all lost baggage ends up, William J. McGee crisscrossed the country and traveled around the globe immersing himself deep into the world of commercial airlines. And what he found was shocking.

McGee interviewed countless industry insiders - pilots, TSA security screeners, FAA inspectors, legislators, the CEOs of the major carriers, and even Ralph Nader and Steven Slater, the disgruntled flight attendant who famously jettisoned a JetBlue flight. Here he reveals how airline executives are cutting costs in "a mad race to the bottom" by delegating flights to second-tier regional airlines and outsourcing critical aircraft maintenance and repairs to unlicensed "mechanics" in China, Singapore, Mexico, and El Salvador. And while the U.S. airlines have raked in tens of billions of dollars for checked baggage alone in recent years, our skies (and our airports) are not getting any safer.

What's more, McGee explains how both political parties and all branches of the U.S. government have conspired to place corporate interests above the interests of consumers, workers, the nation's economy, and even the planet itself. Attention All Passengers will change the way you view the airline industry and make you think twice the next time you see the fasten seat belts sign.

Members Reviews:

Sbastuba

Unfortunately the amount of fact checking on this book is nil as an airline pilot I can tell you that the technology has grown leaps and bounds since 2011. Such as emissions due to the airlines how much emissions do you think is responsible for the cars on the free way!!

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Title: Product Idea to Product Success

Subtitle: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Making Money from Your Idea

Author: Matthew Yubas

Narrator: Matthew Yubas

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-12

Publisher: Open Book Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Business, Commerce & Economy

Publisher's Summary:

Coming up with the idea is one thing, getting it to fly is another. In his audiobook, Product Idea to Product Success: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Making Money from Your Idea, author Matthew Yubas offers readers a complete, practical, and easy-to-understand guide to the process of bringing an invention to market. Anyone with a great idea for a new product or service can benefit from this audiobook. In an engaging and conversational style, Product Idea to Product Success is filled with examples and real-world advice as Yubas takes readers through a step-by-step process to get from idea to finished product. Yubas even provides a method for determining whether a market exists before investing time and money on a product or service and then gives readers ways to brainstorm new ideas for future inventions. Product Idea to Product Success is an educational and thought-provoking mix of quizzes, surveys, marketing plans formats, and everything else readers will need to launch their ideas. Yubas fills Product Idea to Product Success with sound advice and cost-effective solutions which, if followed carefully, are almost guaranteed to produce success. This audiobook will become a valued guide to new and experienced inventors and entrepreneurs alike.

Members Reviews:

Amazon Audible is Terrible (Not recommended)

Would you try another book from Matthew Yubas and/or Matthew Yubas?

The application to actually hear the books is terrible, it is not intuitive therefore would recommend other application instead of this one that amazon recommends

What was most disappointing about Matthew Yubass story?

The application to actually hear the books is terrible, it is not intuitive therefore would recommend other application instead of this one that amazon recommends

Would you be willing to try another one of Matthew Yubass performances?

The application to actually hear the books is terrible, it is not intuitive therefore would recommend other application instead of this one that amazon recommends

What character would you cut from Product Idea to Product Success?

The application to actually hear the books is terrible, it is not intuitive therefore would recommend other application instead of this one that amazon recommends

Any additional comments?

The application to actually hear the books is terrible, it is not intuitive therefore would recommend other application instead of this one that amazon recommends

Good book but not great...

Is there anything you would change about this book?

The author needed to provide more real life practical and success stories to go with his concepts in the book.

Would you recommend Product Idea to Product Success to your friends? Why or why not?

Yes, it is a good book if you are looking for no nonsense advice on going from idea to selling your product.

Was Product Idea to Product Success worth the listening time?

Yes, although the book felt like it was dragging at times.

Any additional comments?

The most annoying thing about this book is that the author plugs his business for templates. A plug here and there is OK - not that annoying, but he refers to various templates far too often in the book. While the information for his templates is all here in this book and you dont need to go to his website to buy the templates the author seems to refer to these things in the book as though you should be looking at them.

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Title: The Growth Map

Subtitle: Economic Opportunity in the BRICs and Beyond

Author: Jim O'Neill

Narrator: Walter Dixon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-10-12

Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Business, Commerce & Economy

Publisher's Summary:

In 2001, Jim O'Neill predicted the fastest growing economies of the past decade. Now he's back to explore the new growth markets we should all be watching closely today. It's been ten years since Jim O'Neill conceived of the BRIC acronym. He and his team made a startling prediction: Four developing nations- Brazil, Russia, India, and China (the BRICs) -would overtake the six largest Western economies within 40 years. The BRIC analysis permanently changed the world of global investing, and its accuracy has stood the test of time.

The Growth Map features O'Neill's personal account of the BRIC phenomenon, how it has evolved, and where those four key nations currently stand after a turbulent decade. And the audiobook also offers an equally bold prediction about the "Next Eleven" countries: Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Turkey, and Vietnam. These developing nations may not seem exceptional today, but they offer exciting opportunities for investors over the next decade, just as BRIC did before them.

O'Neill also shares several compelling insights about the world economy. He reveals the value for growing countries in being "willing to play" by meaningfully committing to policies that encourage further growth and engagement with globalization. He explains how the g20 can adjust to better incorporate the BRICs and to better reflect the balance of the global economy.

Finally, O'Neill makes the counterintuitive claim that good things can quite often come from crises. While established economic powers may see the rise of the BRICs as a threat, international trade benefits us all over the long term. Likewise, the recent financial crisis revealed deep problems in our economic systems, problems we now have the opportunity to fix.

A work of astute and absorbing analysis, The Growth Map is an indispensable guide for every investor and every participant in the global economy. Anyone who wants to understand the developing world would do well to heed the man called "one of the most sought-after economic commentators on the planet." (The Telegraph)

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Title: VangoNotes for International Business, 11/e

Author: John D. Daniels, Lee H. Radebaugh, Daniel P. Sullivan

Narrator: Stow Lovejoy, Alyson Silverman

Format: Original Recording

Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-08-11

Publisher: Pearson Education, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Business, Commerce & Economy

Publisher's Summary:

Study on the go with VangoNotes. Just download chapter reviews from International Business, 11/e and listen to them on your mp3 player. Now wherever you are -- whatever you're doing -- you can study by listening to the following for each chapter of your textbook:

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Title: What You Need to Know About: Economics

Author: George Buckley, Sumeet Desai

Narrator: Colin Mace

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-13-11

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: Business, Commerce & Economy

Publisher's Summary:

Economics matters. But with confusing things like GDP and interest rates, its often hard to get you head around. So what do you really need to know about economics?

What You Need to Know About Economics cuts through the theory to help you to do your job and understand the world around you better.

Members Reviews:

Exactly what the title says!

I was expecting a dry and boring book, instead I've enjoyed every minute of it. Excellent listen! Gives you a complete understanding of the key principles of economics, and what is happening in the world right now. Packed with information, so in order to absorb everything, I've had to re-listen some parts over. But that's probably because I was driving at the moment. And last, but not least the narration is superb! Would definitely recommend this book.

Satisfying, introductory, British

This book does go into international topics, but is England-centric. Nevertheless I found it useful as an introduction, and easy to listen to.

very good insight into economics

Narrated and written in a way that enabled me to understand complex issues that I previously found difficult to comprehend.

Simplifies the complicated

Good history for beginners, and recommended for the curious mind. presentation makes it sound interesting

nice read

great learning on basics and workings of economics. Great listening pace as well. mzuri sana