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050 4 $aHB501$b.J36 2008
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100 1 $aJames, Oliver,$d1953-
245 14 $aThe selfish capitalist :$borigins of affluenza /$cOliver James.
260 $aLondon :$bVermilion,$c2008.
300 $a282 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $aIn the bestselling Affluenza, world-renowned psychologist Oliver James introduced us to a modern-day virus sweeping through the English-speaking world. He met those suffering from it and demonstrated how their obsessive, envious tendencies made them twice as prone to depression, anxiety and addictions than people in other developed nations. Now The Selfish Capitalist provides more detailed substantiation for the claims made in Affluenza. It looks deeper into the origins of the virus and outlines the political, economic and social climate in which it has grown. A modern-day The State We're In, it will chime with a public deeply disenchanted with all the main political parties. James points out that, since the seventies, the rich have got much, much richer, yet the average person's wage has not increased at all. He provides a wealth of evidence to show that we have become more miserable and distressed since this time, and suggests that this is a direct consequence of Thatcherite/Blairite Selfish Capitalism, whose most significant act has been to rob the poor to give to the rich. A rallying cry to the government to reduce our levels of distress by adopting a form of unselfish capitalism, this hard-hitting and thought-provoking work tells us why our personal well-being must take precedence over the wealth of a tiny minority if we are to cure ourselves of this disease.
505 0 $aFundamental causes of emotional distress -- Materialism: a major cause of modern distress -- From selfish capitalism to materialism to distress -- How selfish capitalism reproduces itself.
650 0 $aCapitalism$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aSelf-actualization (Psychology)
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1979-1997.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1997-2007.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xSocial life and customs$y1945-
650 7 $aCapitalism$xSocial aspects.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00846453
650 7 $aManners and customs.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01007815
650 7 $aPolitics and government$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01919741
650 7 $aSelf-actualization (Psychology)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01111481
651 7 $aGreat Britain.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204623
648 7 $aSince 1945$2fast
655 4 $aMens collection.
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