From the Publisher
Our relationship to money is fascinatingand not just in the ways we expect. Delaney's argument is anecdotal but persuasive."-Zocalo,
"Most of us, a few saints and one-per-centers aside, work for money, but not with it in the same direct manner of most of the subjects of Delaney’s intriguing study. We don’t manipulate cash to keep score like poker players (literally) or financial traders (figuratively) or work within a rich, mixed-message tradition of seeing money as a gift from God and ripe for human abuse—the root of all evil—like most clergy. Yet money work does have its effects, as Delaney, a sociologist at Temple University in Philadelphia, demonstrates: every workplace spawns its own money culture, its own cautionary tales of greed and fatal errors, its own conception of the universal economic lubricant."-Maclean's,
"The book is a fascinating exploration of how, like mud on your shoe, you track money wherever you go. He finds, for instance, that bond traders don't just talk about bonds all day and then go home; with family they think of relationships in terms of profit and loss."-PRI's Marketplace,
“Readers will love this book for two reasons. First, it is written in a way that makes the reading highly enjoyable. Second, it brings a totally new approach to our understanding of money. The idea that the work we do affects the way we view money is simple and brilliant. Economic sociologists and other social scientists interested in money have much to learn from Money at Work.” -Richard Swedberg,author of Principles of Economic Sociology
“Although everyone worries about money, it is easy to overlook its complexity. Kevin Delaney offers a fresh and perceptive analysis of the remarkably varied ways in which different people regard money. By focusing on those who work with it, including poker players, financial traders, investment advisors, fund raisers, salespeople, grant givers, clergy and debt counselors, he identifies distinctive ‘money cultures’ and provides a number of timely provocations and insights. Accessibly written, this book will stimulate many conversations.”-Bruce G. Carruthers,co-author of Economy/Society: Markets, Meanings, and Social Structure