Why Is Money Powerful

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As time goes by, money has become more powerful. The power of money nowadays can’t be imagined. If we read magazines like NY times, the hottest issue or topic are always about money and finance. I agree with this statement that money is powerful. I will show you that the reasons why money equals power are supported by who has power now, what makes wars, and how world moves. First of all, do you think who has power? President has power? or Prime minister has power? People who have power are the group of finance leaders today. For example, there are a few famous people who have power and money, like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. If they say something about future, the world fluctuates and is nervous, because they have power which equals money.…show more content…
Surely it’s not about the importance of money. But you might agree with money getting more importance than before. As you remember Subprime mortgage crisis, power of money rampaged all over the world. We saw that many companies fell down and workers dismissed looked like falling dominos. In addition there was a finance crisis starting from Greece. Every country over the world has been nervous until now. Over companies and workers, the world is moved by money. On top of that even money moves people. Some people do anything, even kill somebody or steal something valuable, to become more rich and fluency. On the other hands, some people spend much money for happiness and personality. You can know in the paragraph:” Money plays a significant role in people's lives, and yet little experimental attention has been given to the psychological underpinnings of money. We systematically varied whether and to what extent the concept of money was activated in participants' minds using methods that minimized participants' conscious awareness of the money cues.” (Vohs, 2008, Merely Activating the Concept of Money Changes Personal and Interpersonal Behavior., Vol.17 issue
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