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Aug. 22, 2014, 2:22 p.m.

Psychoanalysts, too, have offered sociological explanations. Fenichel offered one based on Marxist
theory, which may seem odd in post cold war America where 40% of the population invest in the stock
market. ?One gains the impression? he wrote, ? that this quite general characterization of money matters
as ?indelicate? must fulfill a special function in the social ideology. This function must be a negative one:
ignorance about financial matters and the effort to repress them as much as possible, lead to illusions
about the true state of affairs in this field and about the possibilities for rational acquiring of wealth, and
thus belong to those ? expedients for maintaining the present day class relationships through cunning.?
(pp.75-76) Translation? By keeping the proletariat from thinking clearly about money, the capitalist
masters keep them in their place.

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cauz

Aug. 22, 2014, 2:28 p.m.

The Consequences of the Money Taboo
The Money taboo is a serious psychological problem because, though we do not talk freely about
money, it is of major concern to almost everybody in America. This taboo keeps people from finding
money?s proper place in their lives. It keeps them from balancing their financial needs with other needs;
such as love, family, self expression, self esteem, meaningful work and physical or emotional health. If
people can recognize and overcome their irrational or ...

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In this author?s experience, patients will rarely bring up money issues unless the therapist is willing
to focus attention on them him /or herself. There is only one kind of therapy where discussion of money
and how we relate to it, and to each other because of it, often comes up: marital therapy. It comes up
there because disagreements over money and stresses connected to it are the most common reasons for
marital discord. That, to a significant extent, is the result of the money taboo which results in lack of
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