Mature
Audio only
The Humane Economy
How Innovators and Enlightened Consumers are Transforming the Lives of AnimalsBy Wayne PacelleNarrated by Eric Jason MartinLength12h 17m
About this audiobook
A major new exploration of the economics of animal exploitation and a practical roadmap for how we can use the marketplace to promote the welfare of all living creatures, from the renowned animal-rights advocate Wayne Pacelle, President/CEO of the Humane Society of the United States and New York Times bestselling author of The Bond.
In the mid-nineteenth century, New Bedford, Massachusetts was the whaling capital of the world. A half-gallon of sperm oil cost approximately $1,400 in today’s dollars, and whale populations were hunted to near extinction for profit. But with the advent of fossil fuels, the whaling industry collapsed, and today, the area around New Bedford is instead known as one of the best places in the world for whale watching.
This transformation is emblematic of a new sort of economic revolution, one that has the power to transform the future of animal welfare. In The Humane Economy, Wayne Pacelle, President/CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, explores how our everyday economic decisions impact the survival and wellbeing of animals, and how we can make choices that better support them. Though most of us have never harpooned a sea creature, clubbed a seal, or killed an animal for profit, we are all part of an interconnected web that has a tremendous impact on animal welfare, and the decisions we make—whether supporting local, not industrial, farming; adopting a rescue dog or a shelter animal instead of one from a “puppy mill”; avoiding products that compromise the habitat of wild species; or even seeing Cirque du Soleil instead of Ringling Brothers—do matter. The Humane Economy shows us how what we do everyday as consumers can benefit animals, the environment, and human society, and why these decisions can make economic sense as well.
Audiobook details
GenreScience and Nature, Business and Economics
Length12 hrs 17 mins
Narrated byEric Jason Martin
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateApr 19, 2016
LanguageEnglish
More from Wayne Pacelle
Crystals for BeginnersKaren Frazier3h 49m$20
What If? 10th Anniversary EditionRandall Munroe7h 29m$23
Nikola Tesla - Ultimate Collection: 70+ Scientific Works, Lectures & EssaysNikola Tesla48h 43m$2 · $0.00
Total Cat MojoJackson Galaxy10h 13m$23 · $0.00
Earth at NightNational Aeronautics and Space Administration2h 31m$1 · $0.00
My Life Among the UnderdogsTia Torres5h 51m$24 · $0.00
What It Takes to Save a LifeKwane Stewart6h$24 · $0.00
Pastoral SongJames Rebanks8h 35m$26 · $0.00
How Stella Learned to TalkChristina Hunger7h$24 · $0.00
Craig & FredCraig Grossi8h 6m$26 · $0.00
Celebrating BirdsNatalia Rojas, Ana Maria Martinez6h 47m$24 · $0.00
WildingIsabella Tree12h 22m$23
Saving JemimaJulie Zickefoose4h 59m$20 · $0.00
Horse Brain, Human BrainJanet L. Jones8h 22m$27 · $0.00
Hot Cowgirl Sh*tLacie Evans2h 15m$15
We Are the Middle of ForeverDahr Jamail, Stan Rushworth13h 39m$23
Will's Red CoatTom Ryan8h 23m$26 · $0.00
Inconvenient FactsGregory Wrightstone3h 54m$17
Of Time and TurtlesSy Montgomery10h 34m$29 · $0.00
Forever HomeRon Danta, Danny Robertshaw, Larry Lindner7h 11m$24 · $0.00
BuildTony Fadell11h 5m$8 · $0.00
The Entrepreneur Roller CoasterDarren Hardy7h 8m$17
The Ambuja StoryNarotam Sekhsaria13h 59m$33 · $0.00
Military Culture ShiftCorie Weathers13h 13m$25 · $0.00
Big TrustShadé Zahrai, Fayçal Sekkouah8h 36m$26 · $0.00
SocialismLudwig von Mises24h 8m$30
Being EssentialDain Dunston4h 13m$15 · $0.00
Purposeful PerformanceJonathan Stanley10h 14m$25
The Law of Success in Sixteen LessonsNapoleon Hill1h 41m$3 · $0.00
Bottle of LiesKatherine Eban14h 25m$33 · $0.00
CAPITAL (Complete 3 Volume Edition)Karl Marx111h 14m$1 · $0.00
The Antiracist Business BookTrudi Lebrón6h 10m$17 · $0.00
The FormulaJoshua Robinson, Jonathan Clegg10h 41m$29 · $0.00
Let Them LeadJohn U. Bacon7h 10m$24 · $0.00
Secrets of the Millionaire MindT. Harv Eker5h 11m$24 · $0.00
Never Split the DifferenceChris Voss, Tahl Raz8h 7m$26 · $0.00
The Person You Mean to BeDolly Chugh9h 6m$29 · $0.00
BoundlessNick Kostov, Sean McLain9h 17m$29 · $0.00
Ascend Your Start-UpHelen Yu3h 33m$35
Everyday DharmaSuneel Gupta5h 2m$20 · $0.00
You may also like
The American Revolution and the Boer WarSydney George Fisher1h 17m$2 · $0.00
The Enlightened CapitalistsJames O'Toole19h 5m$40 · $0.00
Tiny Business, Big MoneyElaine Pofeldt7h 58m$20
Women compositors : A guide to the composing roomH. G. B.48m$2 · $0.00
The Mismeasurement of AmericaGene Ludwig3h 47m$28 · $0.00
Together We RiseThe Women's March Organizers, Condé Nast5h 50m$24 · $0.00
The Declaration of IndependenceFounding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson9m$1 · $0.00
Signs of ChangeWilliam Morris4h 39m$2 · $0.00
The United States ConstitutionUnited States33m$2 · $0.00
Observations on an Anonymous Pamphlet Distributed in Lowestoft and Its NeighbourhoodFrancis Cunningham50m$1 · $0.00
The Injustice of PlaceKathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer, Timothy J. Nelson9h 56m$29 · $0.00
FairTax:The TruthBoortz Media Group LLC6h 35m$24 · $0.00
This Misery of BootsH. G. Wells48m$8
Tolstoy: What is Art? & Wherein is Truth in Art (Essays on Aesthetics and Literature)Leo Tolstoy20h 52m$1 · $0.00
Now & AfterAlexander Berkman11h 28m$1 · $0.00
The Trump Survival GuideGene Stone4h 31m$20 · $0.00
Time and Tide by Weare and TyneJohn Ruskin4h 55m$2 · $0.00
AnarchyErrico Malatesta2h$2 · $0.00
AnarchyErrico Malatesta2h$1 · $0.00
Art MattersNeil Gaiman, Chris Riddell50m$11 · $0.00