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1. Affluenza: how overconsumption is killing us-- and how we can fight back

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Author:
De Graaf, John
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Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
306.309 DEGRA
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
306.309 DEGRA
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We tried to warn you! The 2008 economic collapse proved how resilient and dangerous affluenza can be. This book can safely be called prophetic in showing how problems ranging from loneliness, endless working hours, and family conflict to rising debt, environmental pollution, and rampant commercialism are all symptoms of this global plague. The new edition traces the role overconsumption played in the Great Recession, discusses new ways to measure...

2. The year of less: how I stopped shopping, gave away my belongings, and discovered life is worth more than anything you can buy in a store

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Author:
Flanders, Cait, 1985-
Average Rating:
3.4 stars
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Book, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
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"[This book documents the author's] life for twelve months during which she bought only consumables: groceries, toiletries, gas for her car. Along the way, she challenged herself to consume less of many other things besides shopping. She decluttered her apartment and got rid of 70 percent of her belongings; learned how to fix things rather than throw them away; researched the zero waste movement; and completed a television ban. At every stage, she...