Toxic Wealth: How the Culture of Affluence Can Harm Us and Our Children

by James A. Twaite and Orla Cashman

Book Overview

This volume spotlights the unique problems that often accompany a high-income lifestyle and offers guidelines that can help individuals avoid the pitfalls wealth may bring.

Two therapists show how the culture of affluence in America creates unique problems for wealthy adults and children, often resulting in poor psycho-social adjustment, anxiety, low self-esteem, and the inability to have fun. The affluent are under tremendous pressure...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313359911
• ISBN13: 9780313359910
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"