The Great Money illusion
Money infuses our lives at so many levels from such as young age it becomes a ‘given’, not unlike the air we breathe. Indeed, our understanding of money typically forms more by a slow hypnosis from childhood than by way of structured learning.
Unpicking that puzzle in our minds is a huge challenge, requiring the shedding of deeply held beliefs and abandonment of totemic imagery our minds have weaved together in an effort to make sense of it all.