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The Almightier: How Money Became God, Greed Became Virtue, and Debt Became Sin

byPaul Vigna

Paul Vigna traces the long relationship between money and religion, showing how financial ideas borrowed the language and moral authority of faith. Moving across ancient traditions, medieval debates, capitalism, debt, and modern markets, he examines changing attitudes toward wealth, greed, charity, interest, and obligation. The book reveals how economic systems do more than organize exchange: they shape beliefs about virtue, worth, and what society owes its members. Vigna offers a cultural history of money that helps explain why financial arguments so often carry the force of moral judgment.

Publisher

St. Martin's Press

Publication date

2025-07-22

Format

Print edition

Pages

304

ISBN

9781250343284