Cover of Affluenza

Affluenza

 Sample

Get 30 days of Standard free

€5.99/mo after trial. Cancel monthly.
Try for €0.00
More purchase options

Affluenza

By: Oliver James
Narrated by: Oliver James
Try for €0.00

€5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for €15.48

Buy Now for €15.48

Season's Savings | 0.99 €/month for 3 months

5.99 €/month thereafter - terms apply. Cancel monthly.
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, best-selling 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 spreading.

Cities he visited include Sydney, Singapore, Moscow, Copenhagen, New York, and Shanghai, and in each place he interviewed several groups of people in the hope of finding out not only why this is happening, but also how one can increase the strength of one's emotional immune system. He asks: why do so many more people want what they haven't got and want to be someone they're not, despite being richer and freer from traditional restraints?

And, in so doing, uncovers the answer to how to reconnect with what really matters and learn to value what you've already got. In other words, how to be successful and stay sane.

©2007 Oliver James (P)2009 Random House Audiobooks Mental Health Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Sociology Urban
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1

Reviews

"A wonderfully clear and cogent thesis." ( Guardian)
"Should be mandatory reading for everyone." (Will Self)
No reviews yet