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💭 Poverty Psychology

Examinations of how scarcity reshapes the mind—how chronic financial stress narrows decision-making, erodes self-worth, and rewires cognition. These books bridge economics and psychology to reveal why poverty is not just a material condition but a mental one.
Hillbilly Elegy
by J.D. Vance • 2016
Poverty teaches a lesson that keeps you poor: your effort doesn't matter.
3.83
508k+
⛰️ Appalachian Memoir🏭 White Working Class🧸 Childhood Adversity
Hillbilly Elegy Summary
Hillbilly Elegy 92%
Poverty teaches a lesson that keeps you poor: your effort doesn't matter.
by J.D. Vance 2016
3.83
508k+ ratings
⛰️ Appalachian Memoir🏭 White Working Class🧸 Childhood Adversity
Scarcity
by Sendhil Mullainathan • 2013
The psychology that sharpens focus under a deadline also traps the poor, lonely, and busy.
3.94
8k+
💸 Behavioral Economics🧠 Cognitive Psychology🧮 Cognitive Load
Scarcity Summary
Scarcity 91%
The psychology that sharpens focus under a deadline also traps the poor, lonely, and busy.
by Sendhil Mullainathan 2013
3.94
8k+ ratings
💸 Behavioral Economics🧠 Cognitive Psychology🧮 Cognitive Load
Maid
by Stephanie Land • 2019
A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.
3.86
114k+
💰 Working Poor🧹 Domestic Labor🌫️ Invisible Labor
Maid Summary
Maid 91%
A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.
by Stephanie Land 2019
3.86
114k+ ratings
💰 Working Poor🧹 Domestic Labor🌫️ Invisible Labor
Poverty Safari
by Darren McGarvey • 2017
Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.
4.01
7k+
🏚️ Urban Poverty📊 Class Analysis💊 Addiction And Recovery
Poverty Safari Summary
Poverty Safari 90%
Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.
by Darren McGarvey 2017
4.01
7k+ ratings
🏚️ Urban Poverty📊 Class Analysis💊 Addiction And Recovery
Gang Leader for a Day
by Sudhir Venkatesh • 2008
A sociologist ran a Chicago gang for a day. The books were cleaner than he expected.
4.07
26k+
🏙️ Urban Poverty📝 Ethnographic Fieldwork💰 Underground Economy
Gang Leader for a Day Summary
Gang Leader for a Day 90%
A sociologist ran a Chicago gang for a day. The books were cleaner than he expected.
by Sudhir Venkatesh 2008
4.07
26k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Poverty📝 Ethnographic Fieldwork💰 Underground Economy
The Broken Ladder
by Keith Payne • 2018
Inequality doesn't just divide bank accounts. It rewires how we think, vote, and age.
4.20
4k+
🪞 Social Comparison💰 Economic Inequality⏳ Scarcity Mindset
The Broken Ladder Summary
The Broken Ladder 90%
Inequality doesn't just divide bank accounts. It rewires how we think, vote, and age.
by Keith Payne 2018
4.20
4k+ ratings
🪞 Social Comparison💰 Economic Inequality⏳ Scarcity Mindset
Evicted
by Matthew Desmond • 2016
Poverty isn't the cause of eviction. Eviction is the cause of poverty, and the market profits.
4.47
115k+
🏙️ Urban Poverty🏚️ Housing Insecurity✊ Racial Inequality
Evicted Summary
Evicted 90%
Poverty isn't the cause of eviction. Eviction is the cause of poverty, and the market profits.
by Matthew Desmond 2016
4.47
115k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Poverty🏚️ Housing Insecurity✊ Racial Inequality
Invisible Child
by Andrea Elliott • 2021
Born homeless in Brooklyn, Dasani gets one shot: a boarding school that accepts one in ten.
4.70
20k+
🏙️ Urban Poverty🛡️ Child Welfare🔁 Intergenerational Poverty
Invisible Child Summary
Invisible Child 90%
Born homeless in Brooklyn, Dasani gets one shot: a boarding school that accepts one in ten.
by Andrea Elliott 2021
4.70
20k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Poverty🛡️ Child Welfare🔁 Intergenerational Poverty
This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health
by Nathan Filer • 2019
A nurse turned journalist traces psychosis to its real roots: poverty, trauma, and racism.
4.28
3k+
🔍 Psychiatric Critique💔 Trauma And Psychosis🏘️ Social Determinants
This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health Summary
This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health 90%
A nurse turned journalist traces psychosis to its real roots: poverty, trauma, and racism.
by Nathan Filer 2019
4.28
3k+ ratings
🔍 Psychiatric Critique💔 Trauma And Psychosis🏘️ Social Determinants
Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind
by Eric Jensen • 2013
The classroom moves that overcome poverty's grip on learning, even when motivation is scarce.
4.09
858
💸 Poverty And Education🎒 Student Engagement🏃 Active Learning
Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind Summary
Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind 90%
The classroom moves that overcome poverty's grip on learning, even when motivation is scarce.
by Eric Jensen 2013
4.09
858 ratings
💸 Poverty And Education🎒 Student Engagement🏃 Active Learning
All You Can Eat
by Joel Berg • 2008
America has the food to feed everyone. Why 35 million still go hungry.
3.88
137
🍽️ Food Insecurity📋 Welfare Policy🔗 Systemic Poverty
All You Can Eat Summary
All You Can Eat 90%
America has the food to feed everyone. Why 35 million still go hungry.
by Joel Berg 2008
3.88
137 ratings
🍽️ Food Insecurity📋 Welfare Policy🔗 Systemic Poverty
Portfolios of the Poor
by Daryl Collins • 2009
Hand-to-mouth is a myth. On $2 a day, the poor juggle a dozen financial instruments just to survive.
3.95
1k+
🌍 Development Economics💰 Microfinance🏦 Financial Inclusion
Portfolios of the Poor Summary
Portfolios of the Poor 89%
Hand-to-mouth is a myth. On $2 a day, the poor juggle a dozen financial instruments just to survive.
by Daryl Collins 2009
3.95
1k+ ratings
🌍 Development Economics💰 Microfinance🏦 Financial Inclusion
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism
by John Hope Bryant • 2014
The poor aren't a drain; they're an untapped engine. A blueprint for making capitalism include them.
3.99
210
🧠 Financial Literacy📈 Credit Repair🏦 Community Banking
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism Summary
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism 89%
The poor aren't a drain; they're an untapped engine. A blueprint for making capitalism include them.
by John Hope Bryant 2014
3.99
210 ratings
🧠 Financial Literacy📈 Credit Repair🏦 Community Banking
Mind Over Money
by Claudia Hammond • 2016
Your brain on money: dopamine, loss aversion, and the hidden biases that control your wallet.
3.46
1k+
🧠 Behavioral Economics💵 Money Psychology⚖️ Loss Aversion
Mind Over Money Summary
Mind Over Money 89%
Your brain on money: dopamine, loss aversion, and the hidden biases that control your wallet.
by Claudia Hammond 2016
3.46
1k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics💵 Money Psychology⚖️ Loss Aversion
Improving Poor People
by Michael B. Katz • 1995
Why America keeps trying to fix the poor instead of poverty, and what history reveals.
3.83
12
📉 Poverty Policy🏛️ Welfare State🎯 Blaming The Victim
Improving Poor People Summary
Improving Poor People 89%
Why America keeps trying to fix the poor instead of poverty, and what history reveals.
by Michael B. Katz 1995
3.83
12 ratings
📉 Poverty Policy🏛️ Welfare State🎯 Blaming The Victim
Life at the Bottom
by Theodore Dalrymple • 2001
Poverty didn't wreck the underclass. A set of ideas did—and intellectuals handed them down.
4.23
4k+
🏙️ Urban Poverty🏛️ Welfare State Critique🎭 Victimhood Culture
Life at the Bottom Summary
Life at the Bottom 89%
Poverty didn't wreck the underclass. A set of ideas did—and intellectuals handed them down.
by Theodore Dalrymple 2001
4.23
4k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Poverty🏛️ Welfare State Critique🎭 Victimhood Culture
The Lost and the Found
by Kevin Fagan • 2025
A reporter followed two unhoused people in San Francisco. One got out. The other didn't. Here's why.
4.27
912
🏠 Chronic Homelessness🏙️ Urban Poverty💉 Addiction And Recovery
The Lost and the Found Summary
The Lost and the Found 89%
A reporter followed two unhoused people in San Francisco. One got out. The other didn't. Here's why.
by Kevin Fagan 2025
4.27
912 ratings
🏠 Chronic Homelessness🏙️ Urban Poverty💉 Addiction And Recovery
Poor Economics
by Abhijit V. Banerjee • 2011
Poverty is not one problem but many small ones. Randomized trials reveal which fixes actually work.
4.27
25k+
🏗️ Development Economics🌍 Global Poverty🧪 Randomized Controlled Trials
Poor Economics Summary
Poor Economics 89%
Poverty is not one problem but many small ones. Randomized trials reveal which fixes actually work.
by Abhijit V. Banerjee 2011
4.27
25k+ ratings
🏗️ Development Economics🌍 Global Poverty🧪 Randomized Controlled Trials
In Our Hands
by Charles Murray • 2006
Eliminate every welfare program. Send every adult one check. It costs less and ends poverty.
3.74
290
🏦 Universal Basic Income📋 Welfare Reform🏘️ Civil Society
In Our Hands Summary
In Our Hands 89%
Eliminate every welfare program. Send every adult one check. It costs less and ends poverty.
by Charles Murray 2006
3.74
290 ratings
🏦 Universal Basic Income📋 Welfare Reform🏘️ Civil Society
The Glass Castle
by Jeannette Walls • 2005
She was three when her dress burst into flames. Her parents called it an adventure.
4.33
1.4M+
🏚️ Family Dysfunction🍺 Alcoholic Parent🚪 Escaping Poverty
The Glass Castle Summary
The Glass Castle 89%
She was three when her dress burst into flames. Her parents called it an adventure.
by Jeannette Walls 2005
4.33
1.4M+ ratings
🏚️ Family Dysfunction🍺 Alcoholic Parent🚪 Escaping Poverty
White Poverty
by William J. Barber II • 2024
America's poor are mostly white. The lie that says otherwise keeps the working class fractured.
4.28
719
🏚️ Systemic Poverty🔗 Racial Division💭 Poverty Myths
White Poverty Summary
White Poverty 89%
America's poor are mostly white. The lie that says otherwise keeps the working class fractured.
by William J. Barber II 2024
4.28
719 ratings
🏚️ Systemic Poverty🔗 Racial Division💭 Poverty Myths
The Human Cost of Welfare
by Phil Harvey • 2016
Welfare was built to end poverty. Its rules punish work, marriage, and saving instead.
4.45
20
🏛️ Welfare Reform📉 Anti-Poverty Policy💼 Work Incentives
The Human Cost of Welfare Summary
The Human Cost of Welfare 89%
Welfare was built to end poverty. Its rules punish work, marriage, and saving instead.
by Phil Harvey 2016
4.45
20 ratings
🏛️ Welfare Reform📉 Anti-Poverty Policy💼 Work Incentives
Mind over Money
by Brad Klontz • 2009
Why you sabotage your budget: childhood money beliefs, and how to rewrite them.
3.80
405
💰 Financial Therapy💸 Money And Emotions👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Money Patterns
Mind over Money Summary
Mind over Money 89%
Why you sabotage your budget: childhood money beliefs, and how to rewrite them.
by Brad Klontz 2009
3.80
405 ratings
💰 Financial Therapy💸 Money And Emotions👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Money Patterns
San Fransicko
by Michael Shellenberger • 2021
Progressive compassion for the homeless and addicted is making both groups larger and sicker.
4.01
4k+
🏙️ Urban Policy🏚️ Homelessness💊 Drug Policy
San Fransicko Summary
San Fransicko 89%
Progressive compassion for the homeless and addicted is making both groups larger and sicker.
by Michael Shellenberger 2021
4.01
4k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Policy🏚️ Homelessness💊 Drug Policy
Buy What You Love Without Going Broke
by Jennifer Louise Smith • 2025
A 30-day reset for your spending: align every dollar with what you value, and guilt-free the rest.
3.92
1k+
🏦 Personal Finance🧠 Financial Psychology❤️ Values Based Spending
Buy What You Love Without Going Broke Summary
Buy What You Love Without Going Broke 89%
A 30-day reset for your spending: align every dollar with what you value, and guilt-free the rest.
by Jennifer Louise Smith 2025
3.92
1k+ ratings
🏦 Personal Finance🧠 Financial Psychology❤️ Values Based Spending
Bad with Money
by Gaby Dunn • 2019
Personal finance from someone who blew her money during manic episodes and learned why.
3.50
2k+
🧠 Money Psychology💸 Millennial Finance💳 Emotional Spending
Bad with Money Summary
Bad with Money 89%
Personal finance from someone who blew her money during manic episodes and learned why.
by Gaby Dunn 2019
3.50
2k+ ratings
🧠 Money Psychology💸 Millennial Finance💳 Emotional Spending
Tightwads and Spendthrifts
by Scott Rick • 2024
Tightwads and spendthrifts attract, then the traits that drew them together pull the marriage apart.
3.75
269
🧠 Behavioral Economics💍 Marriage And Money💸 Spending Psychology
Tightwads and Spendthrifts Summary
Tightwads and Spendthrifts 89%
Tightwads and spendthrifts attract, then the traits that drew them together pull the marriage apart.
by Scott Rick 2024
3.75
269 ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics💍 Marriage And Money💸 Spending Psychology
Wired for Wealth
by Brad Klontz • 2008
Your financial problems started decades before your first paycheck. The fix isn't another budget.
3.76
93
🧠 Financial Psychology💰 Money Mindset👶 Childhood Conditioning
Wired for Wealth Summary
Wired for Wealth 89%
Your financial problems started decades before your first paycheck. The fix isn't another budget.
by Brad Klontz 2008
3.76
93 ratings
🧠 Financial Psychology💰 Money Mindset👶 Childhood Conditioning
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse
by Michael B. Katz • 1986
American welfare was designed to deter, not to help. The poorhouse closed; the logic stayed.
3.74
138
📜 Welfare History🏚️ Poverty Studies🔗 Structural Inequality
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse Summary
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse 89%
American welfare was designed to deter, not to help. The poorhouse closed; the logic stayed.
by Michael B. Katz 1986
3.74
138 ratings
📜 Welfare History🏚️ Poverty Studies🔗 Structural Inequality
Rough Sleepers
by Tracy Kidder • 2023
The homeless die ten times faster. A Boston doctor found that trust is the only cure.
4.34
11k+
🏥 Homeless Healthcare🧱 Structural Inequality🏙️ Urban Poverty
Rough Sleepers Summary
Rough Sleepers 89%
The homeless die ten times faster. A Boston doctor found that trust is the only cure.
by Tracy Kidder 2023
4.34
11k+ ratings
🏥 Homeless Healthcare🧱 Structural Inequality🏙️ Urban Poverty
Finance for the People
by Paco de Leon • 2022
A two-account system that outsmarts spending, plus the nervous-system work your budget never had.
4.14
956
🧠 Money Psychology😰 Scarcity Mindset💸 Emotional Spending
Finance for the People Summary
Finance for the People 89%
A two-account system that outsmarts spending, plus the nervous-system work your budget never had.
by Paco de Leon 2022
4.14
956 ratings
🧠 Money Psychology😰 Scarcity Mindset💸 Emotional Spending
The Origins of Happiness
by Andrew E. Clark • 2018
Money explains just 1% of happiness. What matters more: mental health, relationships, and childhood.
3.67
64
🧮 Happiness Economics📊 Subjective Well-Being🧠 Behavioral Economics
The Origins of Happiness Summary
The Origins of Happiness 89%
Money explains just 1% of happiness. What matters more: mental health, relationships, and childhood.
by Andrew E. Clark 2018
3.67
64 ratings
🧮 Happiness Economics📊 Subjective Well-Being🧠 Behavioral Economics
Men Without Work
by Nicholas Eberstadt • 2016
Seven million prime-age men have quit the workforce entirely. The problem isn't a lack of jobs.
3.41
501
🏭 Labor Economics📊 Workforce Participation🏛️ Welfare Reform
Men Without Work Summary
Men Without Work 89%
Seven million prime-age men have quit the workforce entirely. The problem isn't a lack of jobs.
by Nicholas Eberstadt 2016
3.41
501 ratings
🏭 Labor Economics📊 Workforce Participation🏛️ Welfare Reform
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
by Katherine Boo • 2012
A murder charge, born of envy, traps a garbage-sorting family in Mumbai's market for justice.
3.98
117k+
🏙️ Urban Poverty🇮🇳 Indian Society🪝 Systemic Corruption
Behind the Beautiful Forevers Summary
Behind the Beautiful Forevers 89%
A murder charge, born of envy, traps a garbage-sorting family in Mumbai's market for justice.
by Katherine Boo 2012
3.98
117k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Poverty🇮🇳 Indian Society🪝 Systemic Corruption
Categorically Unequal
by Douglas S. Massey • 2007
America engineered its inequality: sort people into categories, then rig the rules.
4.24
134
📊 Social Stratification🔀 Race And Class🏛️ Political Economy
Categorically Unequal Summary
Categorically Unequal 89%
America engineered its inequality: sort people into categories, then rig the rules.
by Douglas S. Massey 2007
4.24
134 ratings
📊 Social Stratification🔀 Race And Class🏛️ Political Economy
Respect in a World of Inequality
by Richard Sennett • 2003
Invisibility is inequality's deepest cut; the systems meant to heal it often cut deeper.
3.69
244
🗽 Social Inequality🏆 Meritocracy Critique🏛️ Welfare State
Respect in a World of Inequality Summary
Respect in a World of Inequality 89%
Invisibility is inequality's deepest cut; the systems meant to heal it often cut deeper.
by Richard Sennett 2003
3.69
244 ratings
🗽 Social Inequality🏆 Meritocracy Critique🏛️ Welfare State
Luxury Fever
by Robert H. Frank • 1999
Your happiness depends less on what you own than on having more than your neighbor.
3.77
184
🧠 Behavioral Economics💎 Conspicuous Consumption🔄 Hedonic Adaptation
Luxury Fever Summary
Luxury Fever 89%
Your happiness depends less on what you own than on having more than your neighbor.
by Robert H. Frank 1999
3.77
184 ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics💎 Conspicuous Consumption🔄 Hedonic Adaptation
Ain't No Makin' It
by Jay MacLeod • 2008
One group believed hard work would save them; the other didn't. Class position decided their fates.
4.07
1k+
🏙️ Urban Poverty📝 Ethnographic Sociology⚖️ Class Inequality
Ain't No Makin' It Summary
Ain't No Makin' It 89%
One group believed hard work would save them; the other didn't. Class position decided their fates.
by Jay MacLeod 2008
4.07
1k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Poverty📝 Ethnographic Sociology⚖️ Class Inequality
Worry-Free Money
by Shannon Lee Simmons • 2017
Why budgeting fails: it creates deprivation. Calculate one number, then spend without guilt.
4.30
1k+
🧠 Money Psychology😰 Financial Anxiety💔 Emotional Spending
Worry-Free Money Summary
Worry-Free Money 88%
Why budgeting fails: it creates deprivation. Calculate one number, then spend without guilt.
by Shannon Lee Simmons 2017
4.30
1k+ ratings
🧠 Money Psychology😰 Financial Anxiety💔 Emotional Spending
No Shame in My Game
by Katherine S. Newman • 1999
The job everyone ridicules might be the best shot at dignity for America's working poor.
3.75
466
🧐 Urban Ethnography🧑‍🏭 Working Poor🍔 Low-Wage Labor
No Shame in My Game Summary
No Shame in My Game 88%
The job everyone ridicules might be the best shot at dignity for America's working poor.
by Katherine S. Newman 1999
3.75
466 ratings
🧐 Urban Ethnography🧑‍🏭 Working Poor🍔 Low-Wage Labor
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
by Madeline Pendleton • 2024
The financial rules that work when you are broke look nothing like the ones in the bestsellers.
4.52
4k+
💰 Financial Memoir📱 Millennial Money🏚️ Economic Precarity
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt Summary
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt 88%
The financial rules that work when you are broke look nothing like the ones in the bestsellers.
by Madeline Pendleton 2024
4.52
4k+ ratings
💰 Financial Memoir📱 Millennial Money🏚️ Economic Precarity
Money Changes Everything
by Jenny Offill • 2007
Twenty-two writers reveal what money did to their marriages, their morals, and their sense of self.
3.52
182
💰 Money And Morality🏛️ Class In America😰 Financial Anxiety
Money Changes Everything Summary
Money Changes Everything 88%
Twenty-two writers reveal what money did to their marriages, their morals, and their sense of self.
by Jenny Offill 2007
3.52
182 ratings
💰 Money And Morality🏛️ Class In America😰 Financial Anxiety
Not Working
by D.W. Gibson • 2012
What a paycheck conceals: Americans on the identity, health, and dignity that left with the job.
3.68
60
🎙️ Oral History💸 Economic Precarity🔨 Work And Identity
Not Working Summary
Not Working 88%
What a paycheck conceals: Americans on the identity, health, and dignity that left with the job.
by D.W. Gibson 2012
3.68
60 ratings
🎙️ Oral History💸 Economic Precarity🔨 Work And Identity
The Locust Effect
by Gary A. Haugen • 2013
Poverty's root cause is violence, not economics. The aid industry has been fixing the wrong problem.
4.32
2k+
🏚️ Global Poverty📈 Development Economics⚖️ Rule Of Law
The Locust Effect Summary
The Locust Effect 88%
Poverty's root cause is violence, not economics. The aid industry has been fixing the wrong problem.
by Gary A. Haugen 2013
4.32
2k+ ratings
🏚️ Global Poverty📈 Development Economics⚖️ Rule Of Law
The Life You Can Save
by Peter Singer • 2009
Child drowning: you'd wade in. Child dying of malaria: $10 saves her. The moral math is identical.
4.15
7k+
🧮 Effective Altruism🌍 Global Poverty⚖️ Utilitarian Ethics
The Life You Can Save Summary
The Life You Can Save 88%
Child drowning: you'd wade in. Child dying of malaria: $10 saves her. The moral math is identical.
by Peter Singer 2009
4.15
7k+ ratings
🧮 Effective Altruism🌍 Global Poverty⚖️ Utilitarian Ethics
Class
by Stephanie Land • 2023
To afford college, she scrubbed toilets. The welfare office told her to drop out instead.
3.61
15k+
👩‍👧 Single Motherhood💔 Domestic Abuse Survival👩‍🎓 Poverty And Education
Class Summary
Class 88%
To afford college, she scrubbed toilets. The welfare office told her to drop out instead.
by Stephanie Land 2023
3.61
15k+ ratings
👩‍👧 Single Motherhood💔 Domestic Abuse Survival👩‍🎓 Poverty And Education
Stuffocation
by James Wallman • 2013
More stuff, less happiness. The science is in: experiences beat possessions every time.
3.49
4k+
🛒 Consumer Culture🎭 Experience Economy🚫 Anti-Consumerism
Stuffocation Summary
Stuffocation 88%
More stuff, less happiness. The science is in: experiences beat possessions every time.
by James Wallman 2013
3.49
4k+ ratings
🛒 Consumer Culture🎭 Experience Economy🚫 Anti-Consumerism
Paper Girl
by Beth Macy • 2025
A Pell Grant was her exit from working-class Ohio. Four decades later, the road is closed.
4.02
11k+
🏡 Rural America👷 Working-Class Memoir🏭 Post-Industrial Decline
Paper Girl Summary
Paper Girl 88%
A Pell Grant was her exit from working-class Ohio. Four decades later, the road is closed.
by Beth Macy 2025
4.02
11k+ ratings
🏡 Rural America👷 Working-Class Memoir🏭 Post-Industrial Decline
Keep Finance Personal
by Ellyce Fulmore • 2024
Money struggles aren't a math problem. They're about identity, trauma, and how your brain is wired.
4.07
397
🧠 Financial Psychology🪪 Money And Identity💡 Values-Based Living
Keep Finance Personal Summary
Keep Finance Personal 88%
Money struggles aren't a math problem. They're about identity, trauma, and how your brain is wired.
by Ellyce Fulmore 2024
4.07
397 ratings
🧠 Financial Psychology🪪 Money And Identity💡 Values-Based Living
Worthy
by Nancy Levin • 2016
Self-sabotage, not skill, keeps your finances stuck. The worth repair that ends the cycle.
4.09
295
💰 Money Psychology🔍 Limiting Beliefs📜 Money Scripts
Worthy Summary
Worthy 88%
Self-sabotage, not skill, keeps your finances stuck. The worth repair that ends the cycle.
by Nancy Levin 2016
4.09
295 ratings
💰 Money Psychology🔍 Limiting Beliefs📜 Money Scripts
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