Full name: Affluenza: When Too Much is Never Enough

Author: Clive Hamilton Year: 2005 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Economics Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781741146714 1741146712

Anyone concerned about the level of their personal debt or frustrated by the rat race of aspiring to an affluent lifestyle will appreciate this critique of the effects of over-consumption. This analysis pulls no punches as it describes both the problem and what can be done to stop it. Analyzing the increasing rates of stress, depression, and obesity as possible effects of the consumption binge currently gripping the Western world, this report tracks how Australians overwork, the growing number of things thrown out, self-medicated drugs, and the real meaning of the word choice.