Utvidet returrett til 31. januar 2024

The Almighty Dollar

- A Psychiatrist Looks at Money

Om The Almighty Dollar

Money was invented about 5000 years ago and has proved essential to civilization. It has also become so charged with emotions that it dominates events througout life and looms large in all intepersonal transactions. This book looks at all aspects of the money mind relationship from the viewpoint of a psychiatrist who has dealt with the problems that money produces and the problems that it supposedly resolves. There are chapters dealing with important stages in the life cycle such as childhood, adolescence, marriage, maturity, retirement, old age and death as well as chapters concerned with special topics such as divorce, poverty, wealth, gambling, stealing, philanthropy and hoarding. The author illustrates these issues with cases drawn from his professional work and from history, literature, current events, and popular culture and personalities. He concludes by telling the reader how to correct emotional distortions of money in order to become happier and more effective.

Vis mer
  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780595276639
  • Bindende:
  • Paperback
  • Sider:
  • 272
  • Utgitt:
  • 11. mai 2003
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 156x232x19 mm.
  • Vekt:
  • 408 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
Leveringstid: 2-4 uker
Forventet levering: 6. desember 2024

Beskrivelse av The Almighty Dollar

Money was invented about 5000 years ago and has proved essential to civilization. It has also become so charged with emotions that it dominates events througout life and looms large in all intepersonal transactions. This book looks at all aspects of the money mind relationship from the viewpoint of a psychiatrist who has dealt with the problems that money produces and the problems that it supposedly resolves. There are chapters dealing with important stages in the life cycle such as childhood, adolescence, marriage, maturity, retirement, old age and death as well as chapters concerned with special topics such as divorce, poverty, wealth, gambling, stealing, philanthropy and hoarding. The author illustrates these issues with cases drawn from his professional work and from history, literature, current events, and popular culture and personalities. He concludes by telling the reader how to correct emotional distortions of money in order to become happier and more effective.

Brukervurderinger av The Almighty Dollar



Finn lignende bøker
Boken The Almighty Dollar finnes i følgende kategorier:

Gjør som tusenvis av andre bokelskere

Abonner på vårt nyhetsbrev og få rabatter og inspirasjon til din neste leseopplevelse.