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I have already pointed out the paradoxical nature of money: instead of providing freedom, it imprisons those who covet it; instead of being a possession, it possesses those who hoard it. The lesson to be drawn is that the only wealth that really matters involves things that money can’t buy.
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© 2009 Manfred Kets de Vries
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De Vries, M.K. (2009). Your money or your life. In: Sex, Money, Happiness, and Death. INSEAD Business Press series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-24036-0_10
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