His most recent book Making Money – The Philosophy of Crisis Capitalism was published by Verso in spring 2014. Previous books include Poker – The Parody of Capitalism (2011) as well as the three books in Danish. The current article on compulsive shopping is related to two other articles on addiction and capitalism: ‘Too Close to the Money: A Theory of Compulsive Gambling’ (2009) and ‘Drug Addiction and Capitalism: Too Close to the Body’ (2008). Ole Bjerg is currently studying the philosophy of economic growth.