| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
x, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
BK currents book |
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BK currents book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-262) and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Symptoms -- Feverish expectations -- All stuffed up -- Stressed to kill -- Family fractures -- Community chills -- Heart failure -- Social scars -- Resource exhaustion -- Industrial diarrhea -- A cancerous culture -- Pt. 2. Causes -- Early infections -- An ounce of prevention -- The road not taken -- An emerging epidemic -- The age of affluenza -- Spin doctors -- Pt. 3. Cures -- Diagnostic test -- Bed rest -- Affluholics anonymous -- Fresh air -- Back to work -- Building community -- Policy prescriptions -- Vital signs -- The glow of health. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Quality of life -- United States.
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Wealth -- United States.
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Consumption (Economics) -- United States.
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United States -- Social conditions.
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United States -- Economic conditions.
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United States -- Civilization -- 1970-
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| Chronological Term |
Since 1970
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| Added Author |
Wann, David.
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Naylor, Thomas H., 1936-
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| ISBN |
9781609949273 (pbk.) |
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1609949277 (pbk.) |
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