Freedom from work : embracing financial self-help in the United States and Argentina / Daniel Fridman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fridman, Daniel, 1976- author.

Series:

Culture and economic life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finance, Personal--United States.

Finance, Personal.

Neoliberalism.

Self-help techniques.

United States.

Finance, Personal--Argentina.

Self-help techniques--United States.

Self-help techniques--Argentina.

Neoliberalism--United States.

Neoliberalism--Argentina.

Argentina.

Physical Description:

x, 236 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017]

Summary:

In this era where dollar value signals moral worth, Daniel Fridman paints a vivid portrait of Americans and Argentinians trying to become worthy of millions. Following groups who practice the advice from financial success best-sellers, Fridman illustrates how the neoliberal emphasis on responsibility, individualism, and entrepreneurship binds people together with the ropes of aspiration. Freedom from Work delves into a world of financial self-help in which books, seminars, and board games reject "get rich quick" formulas and instead suggest to participants that there is something fundamentally wrong with who they are, and that they must struggle to correct it. Fridman shows that the global economic transformations of the last few decades have been accompanied by popular resources that transform the people trying to survive-and even thrive. Book jacket.

Contents:

Contemporary financial self-help and the rise of neoliberalism

It's not about money, it's about freedom

From rats to riches

Creating a world of abundance

American dreams in Argentina

Conclusion : financial self-help and beyond.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Fridman, Daniel, 1976- author. Freedom from work

ISBN:

9780804798266

0804798265

9781503600256

1503600254

OCLC:

965469943