the dream of living without working

The dream of living without working reveals a world that, contrary to what the phrase suggests, is not made of magical formulas for getting rich or fantasies of 24-hour leisure. Sociologist Daniel Fridman immersed himself for years in the field of financial self-help, a popular genre that gained notoriety with Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki's bestseller, and with the board game Cashflow. Around them, followers organized themselves, starting to meet in virtual forums and in seminars and workshops, to learn the basic techniques of finance in order to become investors. Far from considering them an exotic phenomenon, Fridman discovers in these groups the keys to understanding neoliberalism from a different perspective.

The dream of living without working reveals a world that, contrary to what the phrase suggests, is not made of magical formulas for getting rich or fantasies of 24-hour leisure. Sociologist Daniel Fridman immersed himself for years in the field of financial self-help, a popular genre that gained notoriety with Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki's bestseller, and with the board game Cashflow. Around them, followers organized themselves, starting to meet in virtual forums and in seminars and workshops, to learn the basic techniques of finance in order to become investors. Far from considering them an exotic phenomenon, Fridman discovers in these groups the keys to understanding neoliberalism from a different perspective.