How long does it take to read Some Are Smarter Than Others?
Ricardo Manapat
Some Are Smarter Than Others by Ricardo Manapat takes about 11 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 12 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1991. 611 pages, about 168,025 words.
23 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 12 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A detailed account of the way that Ferdinand Marcos and his allies intervened in the Philippine Economy from 1965-1986, illustrating how wealth and privilege were used to bring massive wealth and power to him and his allies while the rest of the country was pushed into underdevelopment and poverty.
Subjects: Economic policy, Political corruption, Friends and associates, Economic conditions, Capitalism, Conditions économiques
