Frozen Desire: An Inquiry into the Meaning of Money

James Buchan

Money is now so pervasive that few people question it, but Buchan argues that money has brought the world to a condition of unprecedented instability and shows how it has colonised the world both as a physical entity and as an idea of happiness.

Business & EconomicsBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations Money, Markets & Economic Policy

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

Award	Year	Result	Category / Notes
Duff Cooper Prize: History, Biography & Political Science	1997	Winner	Secondary source

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03 Suggested argument
Money’s pervasive presence has brought the world unprecedented instability, and it colonizes the world both as a physical entity and as an idea of happiness.
Model confidence 78%
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