The Secret Life of Money
Exposing the Private Parts of Personal Money
Published on 1. February 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-86448-633-9 (ISBN)
Description
What do our money habits reveal about us? Are we predisposed to save or spend, use cred cards, tip lavishly, gamble? Is money related to control? Do men and women differ in money behaviour? Whey are we uncomfortable talking about personal money? The author explores these questions to show how money is emotional tender as well as legal tender. She argues that attitudes to money are loaded with personal meanings rooted in childhood and often irrational - in contrast to the economists' notion that money is a neutral medium of exchange. Her book offers insights into the psycho-social forces that mould our behaviour.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Sydney
Australia
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-86448-633-9 (9781864486339)
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Person
In addition to her MA in Political Psychology, and a PhD from the Melbourne Business School (on which her thesis on money is based), Valerie Wilson has thirty years experience as a research consultant specialising in qualitative social and market research. She has also worked as a researcher and assistant producer on SBS and ABC Open Learning programmes.
Content
AcknowledgmentsIntroductionMoney has a childhoodTouchstones: money coming outExpert talk: money in economicsWhat can the social sciences tell us about money?Money, Freud and controlControlling yourself and your moneyOf milk and moneyControl becomes powerMoney, gender and sexBalancing the books: personal and impersonal currencyThe secret life of moneyAppendix: the research method and sampleSelected Bibliography