Ebook: Saved: how to break the spell of money, live well, and change the world

Machine generated contents note: ch. One In which it is revealed that our happiness or lack thereof is often nothing more than a manifestation of our expectations -- ch. Two In which I begin to consider my relationship to wealth and how monetary concerns have come to dominate 21st-century American life -- ch. Three In which I go mushroom hunting with Erik and Breakfast, thereby proving Benjamin Franklin wrong -- ch. Four In which I explain how I met Erik and became intrigued by his relationship to money and wealth -- ch. Five In which I reveal all -- ch. Six In which I consider matters of appropriate scale, industrialism, embedded energy, the creation of money, and the commodification of the natural world. Oh, and rocks. Those, too -- ch. Seven In which I go for the gold -- ch. Eight In which I grapple with the difference between "value" and "worth" and learn about the currency of trust -- ch. Nine In which I have doubts -- ch. Ten In which I choose freedom.