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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453404803321

Autore

De Graaf John

Titolo

Affluenza : how overconsumption is killing us-- and how we can fight back / / John de Graaf, David Wann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco : , : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-60994-929-3

1-78402-837-1

1-60994-928-5

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WannDavid

Disciplina

306.30973

Soggetti

Quality of life - United States

Wealth - United States

Consumption (Economics) - United States

Electronic books.

United States Social conditions

United States Economic conditions

United States Civilization 1970-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; PART ONE: SYMPTOMS; 1. Feverish expectations; 2. All stuffed up; 3. Stressed to kill; 4. Family fractures; 5. Community chills; 6. Heart failure; 7. Social scars; 8. Resource exhaustion; 9. Industrial diarrhea; 10. A cancerous culture; PART TWO: CAUSES; 11. Early infections; 12. An ounce of prevention; 13. The road not taken; 14. An emerging epidemic; 15. The Age of Affluenza; 16. Spin doctors; PART THREE: CURES; 17. Diagnostic test; 18. Bed rest; 19. Affluholics anonymous; 20. Fresh air; 21. Back to work; 22. Building immunity

23. Policy prescriptions24. Vital signs; 25. The glow of health; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the authors

Sommario/riassunto

Previous editions of Affluenza described the early symptoms of the



disease that led to a nearly fatal shutdown of all our financial systems in 2008. This new edition puts more focus on the behavior changes we need to make to be certain that the Great Recession does not become a prelude to something worse.