@article{1479697,
      recid = {1479697},
      author = {Delaney, Kevin J., },
      title = {Money at Work : On the Job with Priests, Poker Players and  Hedge Fund Traders /},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      abstract = {Financial advisors, poker players, hedge fund traders,  fund-raisers, sports agents, credit counselors and  commissioned salespeople all deal with one central concern  in their jobs: money. In Money at Work, Kevin Delaney  explores how we think about money and, particularly, how  our jobs influence that thinking. By spotlighting people  for whom money is the focus of their work, Delaney  illuminates how the daily practices experienced in  different jobs create distinct ways of thinking and talking  about money and how occupations and their work cultures  carry important symbolic, material, and practical messages  about money.Delaney takes us deep inside the cultures of  these 'moneyed' workers, using both interviews and  first-hand observations of many of these occupations. From  hedge fund trading rooms in New York, to poker players at  work in Las Vegas casinos, to a "Christian money retreat"  in a monastery in rural Pennsylvania, Delaney illustrates  how the underlying economic conditions of various  occupations and careers produce what he calls "money  cultures," or ways of understanding the meaning of money,  which in turn shape one's economic outlook. Key to this is  how some professionals, such as debt counselors, think very  differently than say poker players in their regard to  money-Delaney argues that it is the structure of these  professions themselves that in turn influences monetary  attitudes. Fundamentally, Money at Work shows that what  people do for a living has a profound effect on how people  conceive of money both at work and in their home lives,  making clear the connections between the economic and the  social, shedding light on some of our most basic values. At  a time when conversations about money are increasingly  important, Delaney shows that we do not merely learn our  attitudes toward money in childhood, but we also learn  important money lessons from the work that we do.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1479697},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814720806.001.0001},
}