Affluenza: Third Edition: How Overconsumption Is Killing Usâ "and How we can Fight Back (16pt Large Print Format) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781038778444)

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.

Author: John de Graaf,David Wann,Thomas H. Naylor
ISBN-10: 1038778441
ISBN-13: 9781038778444
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
Language: English
Published: 02/03/2014
Pages: 542
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.49lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.34d
Large Print