How Money Became God: Rethinking Wealth and Greed in Modern Society with Paul Vigna Online
Join us for an eye-opening conversation with veteran journalist Paul Vigna as we examine his provocative book, The Almightier: How Money Became God, Greed Became Virtue, and Debt Became Sin, in which he explores the question: how did money go from a tool of commerce into the dominant faith of modern society?
In The Almightier, Vigna takes readers on a sweeping historical journey from Renaissance Florence to today’s global financial markets, revealing how wealth accumulation evolved from a moral failing into an unspoken civic virtue. He uncovers the forgotten history of money, tracing the uneasy and often accidental alliance between wealth and religion as it developed from ancient city-states to today’s secular world, where religious devotion has receded and greed has stepped in to fill the void.
Paul Vigna is an author, journalist, editor and speaker, with a particular focus on capital markets and cryptocurrencies. He is the author of Guts: The Anatomy of The Walking Dead and coauthor of The Age of Cryptocurrency and The Truth Machine.
- Date:
- Wednesday, Nov 11 2026
- Time:
- 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://libraryc.org/wrl/219096
- Audience:
- Adults Age 18 or older
- Categories:
- Author Event Lectures