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Progress and Poverty Vol. I Unabridged; Why Poverty Accompanies Economic and Technological Progress

Progress and Poverty by Henry George, Volume One – Unabridged Why poverty accompanies economic and technological progress This landmark treatise by the great economist Henry George was first published in 1879. George’s work became the seminal analysis of the political economy which inspired most, if not all, the prominent thinkers of the Progressive Movement and many others of great influence:…

As of the date of publication (March 2022), this is by far the largest collection of Eugene V. Debs’ writings available in audio. Published in 1916, it is a compilation of his writings – magazine articles and campaign material – and his speeches to conventions and other large gatherings, from the years of his greatest popularity and influence. What were once widely known and popular ideas…

Upton Sinclair’s Letters to Judd

In 1925, the greatest muckraking journalist and advocate for the working man, Upton Sinclair, believed that the cause in which he believed needed to be clearly and concisely explained – in plain English – for the benefit of the American worker. Sinclair believed that there were many specific ways that the capitalist system in America had been hijacked by extremely wealthy trusts, monopolies, and…

The Autobiography of Upton Sinclair; The Author of The Jungle Tells His Own Story

Published in 1962 and never before available in audio! Upton Sinclair was first and foremost the most eminent and impactful muckraking journalist of the early 20th century (The Jungle – 1906: precipitated meaningful and permanent improvements in the safety and purity of the food we eat).  He wrote books exposing the unsavory workings of many other industries and institutions:  Oil! (the…

Published in 1908 and available as an audiobook for the very first time. In The Metropolis, the muck-raking author of The Jungle and the tireless social justice warrior Upton Sinclair uses a fictional tale to expose the excesses and decadence of Gilded Age Society in New York City in the early 20th Century.  The audiobook is produced and narrated by Audiofile Magazine Earphones Award-winning…

Wall Street is corrupt and has been corrupt for generations. There are to be found the Great Men shuffling millions (and now billions) from one bank, one trust, one syndicate, and one scheme to the next. Wealth brings power and with the power comes more wealth. Upton Sinclair tells us this tale through the eyes of a Wall Street lawyer in 1906. A man who is “in Society” but not truly “of…

The Profits of Religion

Upton Sinclair, the muckraking giant of 20th-century journalism and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Jungle, turns his critical eye upon the world of religion. Mind you, he is not critical of God nor of the teachings of Christ, but of the organized religions throughout history and of our times. The narration is by Audiofile Magazine Earphones Award-Winning narrator Peter Lerman, who has also…