Ebook {Epub PDF} Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic by John De Graaf

Simple Prosperity: Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle, is a sequel to the best-selling book he coauthored, Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic, which is now in a dozen languages. He has also produced 20 videos and TV programs, including the award-winning TV documentary "Designing a Great Neighborhood," and "Building Livable Communities," for then-Vice President Gore/5(84).  · Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic. Affluenza.: John de Graaf, David Wann, Thomas H. Naylor. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Sep 1, - Political Science - pages. 8 Reviews. Revised edition /5(8). Combine a lack of financial education in schools and at home with relentless credit card company marketing, more and more advertising targeted at children, the public's desire to have the latest of everything (driven by relentless marketing on all fronts), and an epidemic results. In Affluenza, the authors detail America's over consumption of everything, so much in fact, that if every country on Cited by:

John De Graaf has 11 books on Goodreads with ratings. John De Graaf's most popular book is Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic. Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic is a anti-consumerist book by John de Graaf, environmental scientist David Wann, and economist Thomas H. www.doorway.rug consumerism (with its accompanying overwork and dissatisfaction) as a deliberately spread disease, the book consists of three parts—symptoms, origins, and treatment. Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic. Affluenza.: John de Graaf, David Wann, Thomas H. Naylor. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Sep 1, - Political Science - pages. 8 Reviews. Revised edition of a bestseller--over 75, copies sold Updated throughout with startling new facts and new material, including the first-ever "Affluenza Fever.

Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic. Affluenza.: John de Graaf, David Wann, Thomas H. Naylor. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, - Political Science - pages. 8 Reviews. In this indictment of. Summary: In this indictment of consumerism, de Graaf et al. treat the social problem they call "affluenza" like a disease, discussing symptoms, treatment, and causes for this "painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more.". Af-flu-en-za n. 1. The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling that results from efforts to keep up with the Joneses. 2. An epidemic of stress, overwork, waste and indebtedness caused by dogged.