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Financial Wealth, Value and Moral Corruption in Seneca´s Economic Thinking

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Marta Garcia MorcilloORCiD

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Abstract

This article scrutinises Seneca’s moral engagement with complex financial accounting as a speculative form of wealth and moneymaking that challenged social norms and subverted systems of value. The contribution discusses Seneca’s construction of a form of greed and corruption that is often anticipated by psychological biases, such as loss aversion and self-deception. This degenerating process is exemplified by the misuse of financial ledgers, and specifically of the kalendarium, an account book associated with moneylending that Seneca describes as a suspect instrument of avarice that provoked the ruin of fortunes.

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Author(s): Garcia Morcillo M

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Cultural History

Year: 2024

Volume: 13

Issue: 1

Pages: 71-93

Online publication date: 01/05/2024

Acceptance date: 09/06/2020

Date deposited: 16/04/2025

ISSN (print): 2045-290X

ISSN (electronic): 2045-2918

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

URL: https://doi.org/10.3366/cult.2024.0297

DOI: 10.3366/cult.2024.0297

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