Explores the many aspects of money, including shopping, credit, and charity, and educates readers about personal finance.

The Secret Life of Money leads readers on a fascinating journey to uncover the sources of our monetary desires. By understanding why money has the power to obsess us, we gain the power to end destructive patterns and discover riches of the soul. Midas who can turn all to gold, fishermen who will not share their catch, Dorothy and her companions on the golden road to the Emerald City, Scrooge who cannot give, the hunter who shares not only food but also debt, money that falls from the skies, buried treasures that can be spiritual wealth or be stolen, how debt can be like inheritance, the symbolism of the bulls and bears of Wall Street, the all-seeing eye on the back of the dollar bill—all these and many other stories and myths from around the world are given delightful retellings and searching analyses in The Secret Life of Money. Chapters include The Many Forms of Money: Understanding Its Symbolic Value; The Almighty Dollar: Why Money Is So Easily Worshipped; Money and Sacrifice: When Money Feels More Important Than Life; Hoarding Money: Why the Life Energy of Misers Is Stolen; The Source of Riches: Gaining a New Understanding of Supply; Inheritance: The Actual andSymbolic Wealth of Our Parents; Indebtedness: How the Debtor’s Tower Connects Earth to Heaven; Changing Symbols: Money, Credit Cards, and Banks; Bulls and Bears: How the Stock Market Reflects the Renewing Cycles of Life.

AN INVESTIGATION OF EPIC FINANCIAL INTRIGUE, RENDER UNTO ROME EXPOSES THE SECRECY AND DECEIT THAT RUN COUNTER TO THE VALUES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. The Sunday collection in every Catholic church throughout the world is as familiar a part of the Mass as the homily and even Communion. There is no doubt that historically the Catholic Church has been one of the great engines of charity in history. But once a dollar is dropped in that basket, where does it go? How are weekly cash contributions that can amount to tens of thousands of dollars accounted for? Where does the money go when a diocese sells a church property for tens of millions of dollars? And what happens when hundreds of millions of dollars are turned over to officials at the highest ranks, no questions asked, for their discretionary use? The Roman Catholic Church is the largest organization in the world. The Vatican has never revealed its net worth, but the value of its works of art, great churches, property in Rome, and stocks held through its bank easily run into the tens of billions. Yet the Holy See as a sovereign state covers a mere 108 acres and has a small annual budget of about $280 million. No major book has examined the church’s financial underpinnings and practices with such journalistic force. Today the church bears scrutiny by virtue of the vast amounts of money (nearly $2 billion in the United States alone) paid out to victims of clergy abuse. Amid mounting diocesan bankruptcies, bishops have been selling off whole pieces of the infrastructure—churches, schools, commercial properties—while the nephew of one of the Vatican’s most powerful cardinals engaged in a lucrative scheme to profiteer off the enormous downsizing of American church wealth.

"Previously published separately in audio format by Simon & Schuster Audio in 2020"--Copyright page.

· Illuminating the lies, secrets, and silences beneath our discomfort over moneyChristian McEwen has been listening to women tell their money stories for more than a decade. This book us the fruit of more than fifty of her interviews. Lively and surprising, with a focus on childhood memories, adult challenges, the joys of generosity and abundance, and the inequities of race and gender, it has been edited and arranged by McEwen herself.

He is one of the wisest men of all time. Since the time of the Bible, he is the only man to be celebrated by the three major Western religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. His name is Maimonides. A philosopher, rabbi, physician, religious thinker and logician, today this sage is considered among the greatest thinkers. The Secret Life reveals his ancient teachings in modern terms. In The Secret Life, you will discover true wisdom and success in every aspect of life comes not from our public persona and life — as so many believe — but in our secret thoughts and actions. Maimonides shows how every person can find their true and best self, not only deriving happiness for themselves, but spreading that bliss to everyone they touch. The benefits of living the Secret Life are countless. Changing your approaches to giving charity, to seeking justice, to loving others, and to believing in yourself enough to find and act on your true calling will lead you to remarkable heights. You will find a new resilience against the difficulties and turmoil in life, a new inner power that will keep you focused on the things that really matter, and an inner peace few will ever have. The Secret Life is, quite literally, life changing. “Whatever you do should be done out of nothing else but pure love.” — Maimonides

Menyingkap tabir yang menyelimuti salah satu kreasi terbesar umat manusia—Uang. Menyelidiki dari kisah kuno hingga peristiwa modern, dari Raja Midas hingga kelahiran kartu kredit, Crawford mengungkap asumsi kita yang berakar kuat namun tidak teruji tentang uang dengan mengungkap sejarah, mitologi, dan psikologinya. Begitu banyak transaksi manusia didasarkan pada pertukaran mata uang, memahami hubungan kita dengan uang dapat memperjelas hubungan kita dengan orang lain dan komunitas kita. Buku ini adalah sebuah alat untuk menafsirkan bagaimana uang berbicara dan apa yang dikatakannya. Tad Crawford membawa pembaca pada perjalanan yang menarik untuk mengungkap sumber keinginan kita terhadap uang. Dengan memahami mengapa uang memiliki kekuatan untuk menguasai kita, kita mendapatkan kekuatan untuk mengakhiri pola yang merusak dan menemukan kekayaan jiwa kita. “Tad Crawford menceritakan kisah yang bagus tentang sejarah uang. Buku ini akan mengejutkan Anda, banyak yang dapat Anda pelajari dengan cara yang begitu menyenangkan.” L. William Seidman, penulis Full Faith and Credit “Buku yang mengeksplorasi makna tersembunyi dari uang dalam kehidupan psikologis, emosional, dan komunal kita. Menguraikan mitos dan sejarah, cerita rakyat dan legenda, antropologi dan psikologi, Crawford membawa pembacanya dalam pencarian untuk menemukan apa arti terdalam tentang uang. Buku ini bukanlah apa yang akan membuat Anda kaya, tetapi mungkin membuat Anda bijaksana.” Peter Baida, penulis Poor Richard's Legacy: American Business Values from Benjamin Franklin to Donald Trump Infoemasi Tambahan The Secret Life of Money: Kisah Abadi tentang Utang, Kekayaan, Kebahagiaan, Keserakahan, dan Amal Penulis: Tad Crawford Penerbit: Gemilang Cetakan 2023 296 hlm. 15x23 cm ISBN: 978-623-8036-06-6