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  • Pascal Bruckner
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The Wisdom of Money
This chapter is in the book The Wisdom of Money
© 2018 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England

© 2018 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Translator’S Note ix
  4. Translator’S Note 1
  5. Part I. The Worshippers And The Despisers
  6. The Devil’S Dung 9
  7. On The Eminent Dignity Of The Poor? 31
  8. France, Or The Taboo On Money 41
  9. America, Or Spiritual Money 60
  10. Part II. Three Myths About The Golden Calf
  11. Money, The Ruler Of The World? 79
  12. Does Opulence Make People Unhappy? 108
  13. Has Sordid Calculation Killed Sublime Love? 135
  14. Part III. Richesse Oblige
  15. Should Bourgeois Values Be Rehabilitated? 165
  16. Getting Rich Is Not A Crime (And Falling Into Poverty Is Not A Virtue) 190
  17. The Hand That Takes, The Hand That Gives Back 211
  18. Conclusion: An Acknowledged Schizophrenia 234
  19. Notes 239
  20. Index 265
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674978423-014

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Translator’S Note ix
  4. Translator’S Note 1
  5. Part I. The Worshippers And The Despisers
  6. The Devil’S Dung 9
  7. On The Eminent Dignity Of The Poor? 31
  8. France, Or The Taboo On Money 41
  9. America, Or Spiritual Money 60
  10. Part II. Three Myths About The Golden Calf
  11. Money, The Ruler Of The World? 79
  12. Does Opulence Make People Unhappy? 108
  13. Has Sordid Calculation Killed Sublime Love? 135
  14. Part III. Richesse Oblige
  15. Should Bourgeois Values Be Rehabilitated? 165
  16. Getting Rich Is Not A Crime (And Falling Into Poverty Is Not A Virtue) 190
  17. The Hand That Takes, The Hand That Gives Back 211
  18. Conclusion: An Acknowledged Schizophrenia 234
  19. Notes 239
  20. Index 265
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