Affluenza

How Overconsumption Is Killing Us--and How to Fight Back

Business & Finance, Marketing & Sales, Retailing, Consumer Behaviour, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture
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Author: John de Graaf, David Wann, Thomas H. Naylor ISBN: 9781609949297
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers Publication: February 3, 2014
Imprint: Berrett-Koehler Publishers Language: English
Author: John de Graaf, David Wann, Thomas H. Naylor
ISBN: 9781609949297
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Publication: February 3, 2014
Imprint: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Language: English

NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED

affluenza, n. a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety, and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more.

We tried to warn you! The 2008 economic collapse proved how resilient and dangerous affluenza can be. Now in its third edition, this book can safely be called prophetic in showing how problems ranging from loneliness, endless working hours, and family conflict to rising debt, environmental pollution, and rampant commercialism are all symptoms of this global plague.

The new edition traces the role overconsumption played in the Great Recession, discusses new ways to measure social health and success (such as the Gross Domestic Happiness index), and offers policy recommendations to make our society more simplicity-friendly. The underlying message isn't to stop buying—it's to remember, always, that the best things in life aren't things.

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NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED

affluenza, n. a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety, and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more.

We tried to warn you! The 2008 economic collapse proved how resilient and dangerous affluenza can be. Now in its third edition, this book can safely be called prophetic in showing how problems ranging from loneliness, endless working hours, and family conflict to rising debt, environmental pollution, and rampant commercialism are all symptoms of this global plague.

The new edition traces the role overconsumption played in the Great Recession, discusses new ways to measure social health and success (such as the Gross Domestic Happiness index), and offers policy recommendations to make our society more simplicity-friendly. The underlying message isn't to stop buying—it's to remember, always, that the best things in life aren't things.

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