What money really means / Thomas M.Kostigen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kostigen, Thomas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Money.

Physical Description:

vi, 218 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Allworth Press, [2002]

Summary:

- Features a dazzling mix of one-on-one interviews with everyone from Donald Trump to prison inmates- Offers a gripping view of today's financial system in an engaging, fresh format

Contents:

Section 1 The Physical Manifestation of Money and Attachment: What Money Is

1 The History of Money 3

2 The Mechanices of Money 11

3 The Evolution of Money to Data 19

4 The Exchange of Money Value 25

5 The Storage of Money Value 33

6 The Global Monetary Value System 39

7 The Future of Money as a Credit-Based System 49

Section 2 The Psychological Attachment of Money: What Money Means

8 Toward Self-Realization 61

9 The Disconnect of Money from Quality of Life 65

10 The Empirical Study of Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being 71

11 The Childhood Development of Value 77

12 Suffering and Money 83

13 The Poorest People in the World 91

14 The Basic Determinants of Needs 103

15 Self-Worth 111

16 Conditioning Values 119

17 Money as a Catalyst for Change 125

18 Monetary Desire in the Context of Universal Common Law 133

19 Old Money and Achievement 143

20 Ego and the Need for Success 149

21 The Search for Meaning in a Money World 157

Section 3 The Spiritual Attachment of Money: What Money Should Mean

22 The Search for Bliss 165

23 Money in the Muslim World 169

24 Money in the Jewish World 177

25 Money in the Christian World 185

26 Money in the Buddhist World 197.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-212) and index.

ISBN:

1581152590

OCLC:

49375636