The genius of money
Subtitle: essays and interviews reimagining the financial world
By: John Bloom
Publisher: SteinerBooks
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Great Barington, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9780880106344
Description: This book is divided into three sections. "The poetics of money" tells something of the cultural story of money by looking at works of art from the Renaissance to pop and conceptual art, and exploring these different modes of artistic expression as a way to understand how our own attitudes toward money are formed through the cultural messages we digest, both unconsciously and consciously. "The topography of transactions" explores the inner landscape of financial transactions. The third section, "A wealth of transformation" consists of interviews with individuals who have transformed themselves, as they have transformed the world, through social entrepreneurship, philanthropy, philosophical inquiry into money, investing, and spiritual practice.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1: The poetics of money. Tribute paid: at the intersection of spirit and money; title: Coining a myth: Titian: Danae and the shower of gold; title: Trumped money: value and the eye of the beholder; title: The other invisible hand: money and its subtle influence on social life; title: Reforging Adam Smith: beyond the gates of self-interest; title: An inventory of polarities: Quentin Metsys: The money lender and his wife; title: Begging to differ: charity at the threshold; title: Economic Chiaroscuro: Georges de La Tour: the payment of taxes; title: Money and the dance of death: Hans Holbein the younger: the rich man; title: Mercy in mercantile times: Gabriel Metsu: Usurer with tearful woman; title: Juda's dilemma, Giotto's rendition; title: Free market money in a pop iconomy; title: Money and the modern mind; title: The touchstone and the labyrinth: a step into the mystery of money; title: The transcendentalist and the immigrant: two views of money in America; title: Pt. 2: A topography of transactions. Economics and the presence pf philanthropy; title: A window into transparency: the desire for connection through finance; title: Just money and social finance; title: Consuming identity; title: Real virtuality: QQ coins and the quandary of complementary mercantilism; title: A degenerative and regenerative economics of philanthropy and gift; title: Culture for the price of admission; title: Toward a topography of financial transactions; title: Faith, hope, and love: elements of an appreciative economy; title: Pt. 3: A wealth of transformation: interviews exploring money and spirit. [Interviews with] Jacob Needleman; title: An anonymous donor; title: Charles Terry; title: Krystyna Jurzykowski; title: Paul Mackay; title: Michael Spence; title: Lynne Twist; title: Betsy Taylor; title: Wangari Maathai; title: Epilogue: Money weighs and means.