affluenza

Affluenza suggests that Western society consumes too many products and services.

It was one of the earlier works in what has become the crowded literature of "affluenza."

The symptoms of affluenza, he says, include boredom, guilt, low self-esteem and lack of motivation.

Is this affluenza?

German - Affluenza.

Like "affluenza," which telescopes "affluence" and "influenza" to evoke the malaise of wealthy people.

Metanoia is the opposite of Affluenza.

Sometimes referring to people who have made a resolution to only buy essentials for a particular period of time cf. freegan, affluenza.

Affluenza, a portmanteau of affluence and influenza, is a term used by critics of consumerism.

(2006) Hamilton comments on topics written about in Growth Fetish and Affluenza.

Sydney Morning Herald article on Affluenza and "battlers"

In Affluenza (2005), Hamilton describes how these themes play out at a personal level, as he explores the shallowness of modern consumer life.

The scale of modern life's overconsumption has enabled an overclass to exist, displaying affluenza and obesity.

Affluenza (2000)

Like Carmela Soprano, his wife is suffering from affluenza and neglect, and would love any kind of meddling in her life.

A potential criticism of the idea of affluenza is that it presents subjective social critique as an objective, inevitable and debilitating illness.

See also: affluenza, ethical consumerism, anti-consumerism.

Intellectuals like Oliver James correlate economic progress with economic inequality, the stimulation of artificial needs, and affluenza.

"In an America suffering from 'affluenza,' countercultural means responding to the poor - the only criterion for judgment that Jesus gives."

On July 11, 2012, it was announced that Gustin landed the lead role in the indie film, Affluenza.

They argue that affluenza causes over-consumption, "luxury fever", consumer debt, overwork, waste, and harm to the environment.

Affluenza says that an increasing number of Australians are ignoring advertisers, reducing their spending, and reprioritizing their time.

Affluenza: When Too Much is Never Enough (2005)

As long as "Affluenza" demonstrates how the buy-buy-buy engine runs the economy and directs mass desires, it is persuasive if not notably original.

He has published six books, two of which (They F*** You Up and Affluenza) have sold over 150,000 copies each.