

How the World Works
Author: Noam Chomsky, Arthur Naiman
Narrator: Eric Jason Martin
Unabridged: 12 hr 20 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 01/07/2020
Categories: Nonfiction, Business & Economics
Synopsis
Published as four short books in the famous Real Story series—What Uncle Sam Really Wants; The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many; Secrets, Lies and Democracy; and The Common Good—they've collectively sold almost 600,000 copies.
And they continue to sell year after year after year because Chomsky's ideas become, if anything, more relevant as time goes by. For example, twenty years ago he pointed out that "in 1970, about 90% of international capital was used for trade and long-term investment—more or less productive things—and 10% for speculation. By 1990, those figures had reversed." As we know, speculation continued to increase exponentially. We're paying the price now for not heeding him them.