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The Hidden Cost of Money: How Financial Forces Shape Our Lives & the World Around Us
Everything is Downstream of Money
Do you ever feel like you're treading water, struggling to keep up with the rising tide of expenses? From groceries to housing to transportation, your cost of living continues to climb while your wages struggle to keep up.
It's a frustrating and often isolating feeling. But the truth is, not only are you not alone in this struggle, but you are not the problem. The challenges we face stem from our money!
The Hidden Cost of Money by Seb Bunney, co-founder and CEO of the financial education platform Looking Glass, peels back the layers, revealing how money weaves its influence throughout our social, economic, and political spheres. Whether we're talking about how we, as individuals, interact with the world, environmental degradation, the deterioration of the family unit, or the rise of unproductive business practices, one underlying force connects them money.
With insights that challenge conventional wisdom, this book will leave you
A newfound appreciation for the role of money in our lives.A greater understanding of what it might take to build a more prosperous, equitable and just future.Insight into guarding against the pervasive effects of our money.And rest assured, Seb's writing dismantles jargon and simplifies the complex, making the intricate workings of our monetary system accessible to readers from all backgrounds.
What Readers have been
“Anyone who cares about our future and the future of our kids should read this book.” - Greg Foss, Financial Strategist & Thought Leader
“I thought I knew about money. I was wrong! I had no idea about the repercussions of our money, not just on markets, business and politics, but on the fabric of our very being. Mind blown!” - Daz Bea, Financial Educator
Do you ever feel like you're treading water, struggling to keep up with the rising tide of expenses? From groceries to housing to transportation, your cost of living continues to climb while your wages struggle to keep up.
It's a frustrating and often isolating feeling. But the truth is, not only are you not alone in this struggle, but you are not the problem. The challenges we face stem from our money!
The Hidden Cost of Money by Seb Bunney, co-founder and CEO of the financial education platform Looking Glass, peels back the layers, revealing how money weaves its influence throughout our social, economic, and political spheres. Whether we're talking about how we, as individuals, interact with the world, environmental degradation, the deterioration of the family unit, or the rise of unproductive business practices, one underlying force connects them money.
With insights that challenge conventional wisdom, this book will leave you
A newfound appreciation for the role of money in our lives.A greater understanding of what it might take to build a more prosperous, equitable and just future.Insight into guarding against the pervasive effects of our money.And rest assured, Seb's writing dismantles jargon and simplifies the complex, making the intricate workings of our monetary system accessible to readers from all backgrounds.
What Readers have been
“Anyone who cares about our future and the future of our kids should read this book.” - Greg Foss, Financial Strategist & Thought Leader
“I thought I knew about money. I was wrong! I had no idea about the repercussions of our money, not just on markets, business and politics, but on the fabric of our very being. Mind blown!” - Daz Bea, Financial Educator
397 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 5, 2023
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January 29, 2026
Seb Bunney’s “The Hidden Cost of Money” is not merely another book about Bitcoin; it is a profound and necessary critique of the modern monetary system, serving as a powerful intellectual bridge between the systemic problems we face and the elegant solution offered by decentralized digital currency. While many Bitcoin books focus on the technical “how,” Bunney masterfully addresses the crucial “why,” making a compelling case that our current financial architecture is the root cause of widespread societal, psychological, and environmental distress.
This book is essential reading for anyone who feels the creeping anxiety of economic instability, the pressure of a rising cost of living, or the frustration of a system that seems fundamentally rigged. Bunney argues that “Everything is downstream of money,” a central thesis that re-frames nearly every modern problem—from short-term political thinking to the erosion of the family unit—as a consequence of our broken, centrally-controlled fiat currency.
Well done Seb!
This book is essential reading for anyone who feels the creeping anxiety of economic instability, the pressure of a rising cost of living, or the frustration of a system that seems fundamentally rigged. Bunney argues that “Everything is downstream of money,” a central thesis that re-frames nearly every modern problem—from short-term political thinking to the erosion of the family unit—as a consequence of our broken, centrally-controlled fiat currency.
Well done Seb!
January 12, 2024
An excellent reminder to what many of us intuitively know: there are consequences to the record of time we call money. The system is ripe for exploitation and has a well documented history of such abuses. Sebastian does a great job introducing the reader to the history of money and offers potential paths forward into what the medium may look like in the future. Spoiler alert: It's bleak if we don't change course. I recomend it an introduction to all things money and as a catalist for futher exploration research into the topic.
January 10, 2026
3.75!
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