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May 2022
27m 32s

Money, money, money: Psychology

Bbc World Service
About this episode

Rachel Botsman, a Trust expert and fellow at the Said Business School at Oxford University, looks into the psychology and the morality of money. Among others, she talks to Jain accountant Atul K. Shah, activist and onetime refugee Ghias Aljundi and psychologist and happiness guru Dr. Laurie Santos.

Producer: Frank Stirling and Leo Schick

(Photo: Businessman reaching out for falling bank notes. Credit: Getty Images)

A Storyglass production for BBC World Service

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