Money is a subject often more taboo than sex, religion, or political affiliation. Money ... reveals many psychological parallels metaphorically to inflation, depression, mania, value, allure, obligation, worth, deficit, loss, gain, promise, transference, confidence, failure, and trust. Money plays a complex roles in identity. self-regard, interpersonal relationships, psycho-pathology, and the injuries of class at all points on the economic spectrum. Beyond quantitative concepts, (how we) imagine money underpins our contemporary economy psychologically, spiritually, symbolically, and archetypically.
Aaron Kipnis, author, The Midas Complex