Affluenza
 

Affluenza

by Oliver James

There is currently an epidemic of 'affluenza' throughout the world - an obsessive, envious, keeping-up-with-the-Joneses - that has resulted in huge increases in depression and anxiety among millions. Over a nine-month period, bestselling author Oliver James travelled around the world to try and find out why. He discovered how, despite very different cultures and levels of wealth, affluenza is... (read more)

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I think this guy should be advising government! He seems to know what really matters to people anyway. Comprising lots of case studies and theories on why we're so dissatisfied today when our opportunities have never seemed greater, plus 'vaccines' against them. His humour and personal opinion keep you riveted through the pychology, leaving you thinking (and hopefully living) differently.

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