This new edition puts more focus on the behavior changes we need to make to be certain that the Great Recession does not become a prelude to something worse.
Writings on the consequences of the pursuit of material wealth examine its origins and evolution, citing the impact of materialism on families, communities, and the environment while suggesting strategies for implementing healthier and ...
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 ...
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 ...
Based on two highly acclaimed PBS documentaries, this book uses the metaphor of a disease to tackle a very serious subject: the damage done - to our health, out families, our communities, and our environment - by the obsessive quest for ...
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.
Based on two highly acclaimed PBS documentaries, this book uses the metaphor of a disease to tackle a very serious subject: the damage done - to our health, out families, our communities, and our environment - by the obsessive quest for ...
Diese Botschaft vermitteln der Wirtschaftsprofessor Thomas H. Naylor, der Kulturkritiker John de Graaf und der Umweltexperte David Wann auf unterhaltsame Weise, indem sie Ursachen und Wirkung des Konsumverhaltens als Krankheit (eben ...
Each chapter of this updated third edition features scenes from the popular national PBS specials “Affluenza” and “Escape from Affluenza,” co-produced by Affluenza co-author John de Graaf and hosted by National Public Radio's Scott ...
Affluenza, the third novel by Michigan author David LaBounty, is a scathing critique of credit card culture, a tale of consumerism, vanity, debt, and sexual addiction torn from today's headlines.
Stylistically satirical and piercing, the stories combine Mhlongo's street-smart realism with a truly South African magical realism" -- Back cover.
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.
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.
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...
The Western world is in the grip of a consumerism that is unique in human history.
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 ...
Anyone concerned about the level of their personal debt or frustrated by the rat race of aspiring to an affluent lifestyle will appreciate this critique of the effects of over-consumption.
We travel through life wanting: a ball, a bike, a car, shoes.
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 ...