We know that personal finance should be simple math: spend less than what comes in the door. Yet we also know that-people being people-this is rarely done with ease. Enter Mark Butler's winsome, original work on the psychology of money. While encountering a variety of irrepressible characters and their all-too-human stories, we're presented a compelling new paradigm through which to finally see who we are in relation to our personal money. In Zen Money Blues, this proves to be a most humorous and satisfying journey.