The wisdom of money /

Money is an evil that does good, and a good that does evil. It inspires hymns to the prosperity it enables, manifestos about the poor it leaves behind, and diatribes for its corrosion of morality. In The Wisdom of Money, one of the world's great essayists guides us through the rich commentary t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bruckner, Pascal (Autor)
Otros Autores: Rendall, Steven
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
Temas:
Money > Philosophy.
Money > Social aspects.
Money > Moral and ethical aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
PHILOSOPHY / Social
Money > Moral and ethical aspects
Money > Philosophy
Money > Social aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Lenin's wishes
  • Part One: The worshippers and the despisers
  • The devil's dung
  • On the eminent dignity of the poor?
  • France or the taboo on money
  • America, or spiritual money
  • Part Two: Three myths about the golden calf
  • Money, the ruler of the world?
  • Does opulence make people unhappy?
  • Has sordid calculation killed sublime love
  • Part Three: Richesse oblige
  • Should bourgeois values be rehabilitated?
  • Getting rich is not a crime (and falling into poverty is not a virtue)
  • The hand that takes, the hand that gives back
  • Conclusion: An acknowledged schizophrenia.

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