ABSTRACT

This book explores the trace of the emotional undercurrent stirred by money from its beginnings in childhood to its consolidation into adult life, through love and work, for individuals and society alike, and with an emphasis on ordinary development, rather than on pathology.

chapter One|16 pages

Emotional functions of money

chapter Two|4 pages

Freud’s papers on money

chapter Three|13 pages

Money and childhood phantasies

chapter Four|3 pages

Phantasy in the world economy

chapter Five|2 pages

Love, money, and identity

chapter |9 pages

Borges (1949): The Zahir *