Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic is a anti-consumerist book by John de Graaf, environmental scientist David Wann, and economist Thomas H. Affluenza has ratings and reviews. Dave said: Let’s begin with the end. The very end. When your time comes and your whole life flashes before. Based on two highly acclaimed PBS documentaries watched by 10 million viewers, “”Affluenza uses the whimsical metaphor of a disease to tackle a very serious.

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Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic
I wavered between 2 and 3 stars. A little too preachy. Nov 26, Sandra Strange rated it really liked it Shelves: As someone who’s been thinking about these issues for a long time, the book felt more like a righteous snobfest than something that really expanded my kno I liked the book, but found it a bit disappointing. You’ll see many others in my current or recent reading list.

Michele R is currently reading it Nov 10, Brittney Smith added it Oct 12, I skimmed more than read this book because it wasn’t quite what I expected nor did it offer what I was hoping for. Maybe he will be able to b Just finished reading this after seeing it on the libraries epldemic shelf.
It was all-consumint good overview of challenges arising from overconsumption. Sep 06, Linda Trionfo rated it it was amazing.
But if you already know the basics about the issues, it won’t take you any further. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. Third part talked about how to get cured. The difference is that while the aim of the cheapskate books is to get yourself out of debt so you can get rich, the aim of this book is to reduce consumption in order to save the environment.
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Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic by Thomas H Naylor
This could have been a good book, it is a topic we should all care about. Life-changing This book is truly eyes broadening and thought provoking!
Secondly, the book did not teach me much about consumerism- I could have learned more from perusing the Wikipedia page on “Consumerism. Feb 28, Jana Singley rated it really liked it. The authors solutions for thr most part are way off base. This could have been a good book, it is a topic we should all care about. It programs us to substitute consumption for both citizenship and companionship.

Don’t let the tone fool you. If you go back to Samuel Johnsons’s dictionary of the English language, to consume meant to exhaust, to pillage, to lay waste, to destroy. Return to Book Page. This book made me angry, because I hate to see how materialistic our world has become. There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Naylor Snippet view – My only other concern abo I enjoyed the premise of the book.
Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic by John De Graaf
It’s WAY too polemical. I found the purpose of my life as I read this book.
And it tries to meetnonmaterial needs with material goods, a losing strategy. In any case it is a good guidance to warn human being to turn back from the madness of constantly consuming, before it is too late.
Informative and provocative, this book will help you clarify your own values, and le This excellent book treats the values of the American consumer economy and the serious effects of increasing American demand for consumer goods in all their forms–on all-cpnsuming, on families, on the environment.
Kelly is currently reading it Aug 23, In fact, there was a short “quiz” to determine whether the reader has “symptoms of affluenza” and the results were laughable i. I think the book would be stronger if affludnza weren’t trying to compare our over-consuming society to the flu at every possible point.
Thanks for telling us about the problem. Oct 15, Nikki rated it it was ok Shelves:

