| Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic | |
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| Author(s) | John de Graaf, David Wann, and Thomas H. Naylor |
| ISBN | 1-57675-199-6 |
Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic is a 2001 anti-consumerist book by John de Graaf, environmental scientist David Wann, and economist Thomas H. Naylor. Viewing consumerism (with its accompanying overwork and dissatisfaction) as a deliberately spread disease, the book consists of three parts — symptoms, origins, and treatment. Affluenza is described as "a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety, and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more".[1]
The book was considered one of the eight best non-fiction books of the year by Detroit Free Press, and copies were given to every freshman by two universities.[2] Amazon.com lists 38 books citing it.[3] The book was highly recommended for academic and public libraries by M. Bay from Indiana University in Library Journal.[4] The Idaho State University has focused its Book Reading Project 2007 on the book.[5]
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