Affluenza: The All Consuming Epidemicaffluenza, 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 be. 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 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. |
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Page 74
... Economy : The Social Framework of the Free Market , Ropke posed powerful questions about the moral direction of consumer society : Are we not living in an economic world , or as R. H. Tawney says , in an " acquisitive society " which ...
... Economy : The Social Framework of the Free Market , Ropke posed powerful questions about the moral direction of consumer society : Are we not living in an economic world , or as R. H. Tawney says , in an " acquisitive society " which ...
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... economic growth or a " steady state " economy that does not grow at all , so be it ( as we argue in the next chapter , growth of GDP is a poor measure of social health anyway ) . Beating the affluenza bug will also lead to less stress ...
... economic growth or a " steady state " economy that does not grow at all , so be it ( as we argue in the next chapter , growth of GDP is a poor measure of social health anyway ) . Beating the affluenza bug will also lead to less stress ...
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... Economic and Philosophi- cal Manuscripts of 1844 , The ( Marx ) , 130 economic growth , 41 , 223 economic thought , 74-75 economies of scale , 62 economists , reports by , 228 economy American , 4 , 21 , 78 benefits of sustainable , 235 ...
... Economic and Philosophi- cal Manuscripts of 1844 , The ( Marx ) , 130 economic growth , 41 , 223 economic thought , 74-75 economies of scale , 62 economists , reports by , 228 economy American , 4 , 21 , 78 benefits of sustainable , 235 ...
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