Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic
 

Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic

by John De Graaf, David Wann, Thomas H. Naylor

In their eye-opening, soul-prodding look at the excess of American society, the authors of Affluenza include two quotations that encapsulate much of the book: T.S. Eliot's line "We are the hollow men / We are the stuffed men," which opens one of this book's chapters, and a quote from a newspaper article that notes "We are a nation that shouts at a microwave oven to hurry up." If these... (read more)

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Robin H
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I don't read non-fiction books, correct that- I start a lot of them, but rarely finish. This one I've read twice and will read it again. It's a good one to read when you're living in old married student housing and don't have near the things that your siblings or friends have. Money doesn't equal happiness and keeping up with the Jones isn't healthy- physically or mentally, besides, it's never enough when you play the game, so I read Affluenza and remember to be glad where I am. Also it's...

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