Affluenza: How Overconsumption Is Killing Us--And How to Fight Back

by David Wann, Thomas Naylor, John De Graaf, et al.

Book Overview

A "witty yet hard-hitting" look at the symptoms, causes, and cures for America's addiction to buying more stuff (Library Journal).

NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED

affluenza, n. a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety, and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more.

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609949277
• ISBN13: 9781609949273
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.2"