Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic

This article is about the 2001 book by John de Graaf. For the 2005 book by Clive Hamilton and Richard Denniss, see Affluenza: When Too Much is Never Enough.
Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic
AuthorJohn de Graaf, David Wann, and Thomas H. Naylor
ISBN978-1-57675-199-2

Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic is a 2001 anti-consumerist book by John de Graaf, environmental scientist David Wann, and economist Thomas H. Naylor. Viewing consumerism (with its accompanying overwork and dissatisfaction) as a deliberately spread disease, the book consists of three parts—symptoms, origins, and treatment. Affluenza is described as "a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety, and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more".[1]

The book was considered one of the eight best non-fiction books of the year by Detroit Free Press, and copies were given to every freshman by two universities.[2] The book was highly recommended for academic and public libraries by M. Bay from Indiana University in Library Journal.[3] The Idaho State University has focused its Book Reading Project 2007 on the book.[4]

  1. ^ O'Neill, Barbara (2008). "Book Review: Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic (2nd Edition)" (PDF). Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning. 19 (1): 70–72. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
  2. ^ Affluenza, Second Edition Archived March 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Editorial Reviews
  4. ^ "ISU Reading Project 'Affluenza' events scheduled Sept. 18-21". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-02-19.