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The New psychology of money / Adrian Furnham.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hove, East Sussex : Psychology Press, 2014.; London ; New York ; Routledge, 2014Description: xv, 321 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781848721784 (hbk)
  • 9781848721791 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332.4019 FUR 23
LOC classification:
  • HG222.3 .F867 2014
Contents:
The psychology of money -- Money today -- Different approaches to the topic of money -- Money and happiness -- Money attitudes, beliefs and behaviours -- Understanding the economic world -- Economic socialisation and good parenting -- Sex differences, money and the family -- Money madness: money and mental health -- Money and motivation in the workplace -- Behavioural economics -- Persuasion, pricing and money.
Summary: This book is an accessible and engrossing analysis of our psychological relationship to money in all its forms. The author explores the role that money plays in a range of contexts, from the family to the high street, and asks whether the relationship is always a healthy one. Discussing how money influences what we think, what we say, and how we behave in a range of situations, the book places the dynamics of high finance and credit card culture in context with traditional attitudes towards wealth across a range of cultures, as well as how the concept of money has developed historically.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-307) and index.

The psychology of money -- Money today -- Different approaches to the topic of money -- Money and happiness -- Money attitudes, beliefs and behaviours -- Understanding the economic world -- Economic socialisation and good parenting -- Sex differences, money and the family -- Money madness: money and mental health -- Money and motivation in the workplace -- Behavioural economics -- Persuasion, pricing and money.

This book is an accessible and engrossing analysis of our psychological relationship to money in all its forms. The author explores the role that money plays in a range of contexts, from the family to the high street, and asks whether the relationship is always a healthy one. Discussing how money influences what we think, what we say, and how we behave in a range of situations, the book places the dynamics of high finance and credit card culture in context with traditional attitudes towards wealth across a range of cultures, as well as how the concept of money has developed historically.

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