Explores the origins, causes, and symptoms of affluenza--society's compulsive desire to acquire--and discusses such treatment as strengthening immunity against advertising and minimizing the side effects of over-consumption.
How Overconsumption Is Killing Us--and How to Fight Back John de Graaf, David Wann, Thomas H. Naylor. 6. “Table 1-45: Air Passenger Travel Arrivals in the United States from Selected Foreign Countries by Flag of Carriers,” US Department ...
There is currently an epidemic of 'affluenza' throughout the world - an obsessive, envious, keeping-up-with-the-Joneses - that has resulted in huge increases in depression and anxiety among millions. Over a...
Rates of stress, depression and obesity are up as we wrestle with the emptiness and endless disappointments of the consumer life. Affluenza pulls no punches, claiming our whole society is addicted to overconsumption.
Essay from the year 2018 in the subject Sociology - Social System, Social Structure, Class, Social Stratification, grade: 1,0, University of Ljubljana, language: English, abstract: The western world has always been fascinated with the ...
In this sparkling book of ideas, Richard Denniss shows we must distinguish between consumerism, the love of buying things, which is undeniably harmful to us and the planet, and materialism, the love of things, which can in fact be ...
The truths in this book are simple, yet transformational on every level. If you are struggling with unforgiveness for past offenses, this book is for you. Now you can experience the same release and find wholeness again.
Argues that materialism and consumerism is a major cause of emotional distress in Western society, but governments at all levels can reverse this trend by practising "unselfish capitalism".
From the bestselling author Shunali Shroff comes a novel about being a wife, a mother and the woman you used to be before that. Featured in 50 Books to Look Out for in 2019 by Huffington Post
Writers contribute to the conversation about the relationship between work and life in America, revealing the secrets to restoring balance between the two in individual lives and in the community. Original.
Cities he visited include Sydney, Singapore, Moscow, Budapest, Copenhagen, Delhi and Shanghai, and in each place he interviewed several groups of people in the hope of finding out not only why this is happening, but also how one can ...