When Desire Dominates Reason: Public Belief’s in the Practice of Multiplying Money in the Modern Era

Author(s): Mayda Armanusyah, Wakit Abdullah Rais, Susanto Susanto
Institution: Universitas Sebelas Maret
Category: Article, IJMMU
Topics: Multiplying Money; Public Belief; Modern
This article discusses the public’s belief in the practice of multiplying money in the modern era. This study reveals that there are strong factors that make the practice of multiplying money still very attractive from year to year. The research method used is interpretative qualitative with data obtained from online news pages. The results of the study show that the main factor causing people to still believe in the practice of multiplying money is the nature of materialism which makes people more consumptive and has a desire to achieve instant wealth without going through a long and winding process to be very dominant.
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