Affluenza

by DE GRAAF, JOHNNAYLOR, THOMAS

• ISBN13: 9781576753576
• ISBN10: 1576753573
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2005-09-16
• Publisher: BERRETT-KOEHLER PUBLISHER, INCORPORATED

Summary

First published in 2001, Affluenza sold over 75,000 copies and inspired a movement. The book uses the metaphor of disease to address a serious subject-overconsumption. This revised edition features a new introduction and updated figures and includes a new "affluenza self-test."

Table of Contents

Foreword to the First Edition	ix
Foreword to the Second Edition	xi
Preface	xv
Acknowledgments	xxi
Introduction	1	(8)
PART ONE: SYMPTOMS	9	(116)
1. Shopping Fever	11	(7)
2. A Rash of Bankruptcies	18	(5)
3. Swollen Expectations	23	(8)
4. Chronic Congestion	31	(7)
5. The Stress Of Excess	38	(9)
6. Family Convulsions	47	(7)
7. Dilated Pupils	54	(9)
8. Community Chills	63	(9)
9. An Ache for Meaning	72	(9)
10. Social Scars	81	(8)
11. Resource Exhaustion	89	(11)
12. Industrial Diarrhea	100	(9)
13. The Addictive Virus	109	(5)
14. Dissatisfaction Guaranteed	114	(11)
PART TWO: CAUSES	125	(46)
15. Original Sin	127	(6)
16. An Ounce of Prevention	133	(6)
17. The Road Not Taken	139	(7)
18. An Emerging Epidemic	146	(7)
19. The Age of Affluenza	153	(7)
20. Is There a (Real) Doctor in the House?	160	(11)
PART THREE: TREATMENT	171	(77)
21. The Road to Recovery	173	(4)
22. Bed Rest	177	(5)
23. Aspirin and Chicken Soup	182	(6)
24. Fresh Air	188	(9)
25. The Right Medicine	197	(9)
26. Back to Work	206	(8)
27. Vaccinations and Vitamins	214	(7)
28. Political Prescriptions	221	(13)
29. Annual Check-Ups	234	(8)
30. Healthy Again	242	(6)
Notes	248	(15)
Bibliography and Sources	263	(13)
Index	276	(8)
About the Contributors	284	(2)
About Redefining Progress	286