Ebook: The Wisdom of Money

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Translator's Note -- Introduction: Lenin's Wishes -- Part One: The Worshippers and the Despisers -- 1. The Devil's Dung -- 2. On the Eminent Dignity of the Poor? -- 3. France, or the Taboo on Money -- 4. America, or Spiritual Money -- Part Two: Three Myths about the Golden Calf -- 5. Money, the Ruler of the World? -- 6. Does Opulence Make People Unhappy? -- 7. Has Sordid Calculation Killed Sublime Love? -- Part Three: Richesse Oblige -- 8. Should Bourgeois Values Be Rehabilitated? -- 9. Getting Rich Is Not a Crime (and Falling into Poverty Is Not a Virtue) -- 10. The Hand That Takes, the Hand That Gives Back -- Conclusion: An Acknowledged Schizophrenia -- Notes -- Index