Affluenza The All-Consuming Epidemic

Name: Affluenza The All-Consuming Epidemic
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ISBN: 9781576751992

ISBN-10: 1576751996

ISBN-13: 9781576751992

Edition: 2002

Authors: John De Graaf, David Wann, Thomas H. Naylor, David Horsey, Scott Simon

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This text is about personal, social, economic and environmental costs of over-consumption, and what we can do to beat the 'all-consuming bug'. This revision presents symptoms, historical and cultural origins, and proven cures which address today's 'affluenza' with a new urgency, but also hope for recovery.

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/12/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Foreword to the First Edition


Foreword to the Second Edition


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Symptoms



Shopping Fever



A Rash of Bankruptcies



Swollen Expectations



Chronic Congestion



The Stress Of Excess



Family Convulsions



Dilated Pupils



Community Chills



An Ache for Meaning



Social Scars



Resource Exhaustion



Industrial Diarrhea



The Addictive Virus



Dissatisfaction Guaranteed



Causes



Original Sin



An Ounce of Prevention



The Road Not Taken



An Emerging Epidemic



The Age of Affluenza



Is There a (Real) Doctor in the House?



Treatment



The Road to Recovery



Bed Rest



Aspirin and Chicken Soup



Fresh Air



The Right Medicine



Back to Work



Vaccinations and Vitamins



Political Prescriptions



Annual Check-Ups



Healthy Again


Notes


Bibliography and Sources


Index


About the Contributors


About Redefining Progress