1 option
Affluenza : how overconsumption is killing us-- and how we can fight back / John de Graaf, David Wann, Thomas H. Naylor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- De Graaf, John.
- Series:
- BK currents book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Quality of life--United States.
- Quality of life.
- United States.
- Wealth--United States.
- Wealth.
- Consumption (Economics)--United States.
- Consumption (Economics).
- United States--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- United States--Economic conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- United States--Civilization--1970-.
- Civilization.
- Economic history.
- Social history.
- Physical Description:
- x, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2014]
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-262) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781609949273
- 1609949277
- OCLC:
- 844728863
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.