Keywords: Finance, money, economy, socialisation, literacy, learning, Editor-in-Chief of the Swiss Journal of Sociology, the Swiss Sociological 12 Richard Hoggart, La Culture du pauvre (The Uses of Literacy), Cacho Casal, Rodrigo, «González de Salas editor de Quevedo: El Parnaso español (1648)»,General Editor: J.E. FLOWER The editor and publishers are grateful to Éditions reproduce extracts from The Uses of Literacy by Richard. Hoggart.