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Affluenza : how overconsumption is killing us-- and how we can fight back John de Graaf, David Wann, Thomas H. Naylor

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: San Francisco : Berett-Koehler Publication, Inc., c2014.Edition: 3rd edDescription: x, 274 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781609949273
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.30973 DE AF
Online resources: Summary: Summary: We tried to warn you! The 2008 economic collapse proved how resilient and dangerous affluenza can be. 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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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 306.30973 DE AF (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available July2018 T0060275

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-262) and index.

Summary: We tried to warn you! The 2008 economic collapse proved how resilient and dangerous affluenza can be. 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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