Affluenza

Shortcuts are especially critical during the tail end of December, otherwise known as Affluenza Season.

Good-Enough Mother René Syler with Karen Moline 2007

Shortcuts are especially critical during the tail end of December, otherwise known as Affluenza Season.

Good-Enough Mother René Syler with Karen Moline 2007

An author of the book "Affluenza" argues that the spending gone wild is a societal epidemic.

CNN Transcript Jul 8, 2004 2004

She has helped set up a Jan. 17 discussion of the book, as well as viewing of the film "Affluenza," a look at the materialistic keeping-up-with-the-Joneses attitude that contributed to the current economic crisis.

Rockford Register Star Home RSS 2009

"Affluenza" Â causes real problems for well-off families, and those less well off are tempted to go deep into debt by following the conspicuous consumption examples of the affluent.

Daily Financial News 2008

"Affluenza" causes real problems for well-off families, and those less well off are tempted to go deep into debt by following the conspicuous consumption examples of the affluent.

MoneyBlogNetwork 2008

"Affluenza" claims that watching television is the primary cause of obesity.

Swivel Featured Graphs 2008

Affluenza author Oliver James returns with How Not to F*** Them Up (Ebury, June), about bringing up under-threes, while in the memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (Bloomsbury, February), Amy Chua, a Yale law professor, outlines the superiority of Chinese child-rearing methods.

Books in 2011 – from the new Alan Hollinghurst to David Foster Wallace's unfinished The Pale King 2011

The book Affluenza states that since the '80s spending on advertising to children rose 15,000%! ...

Manisha Thakor : PriceCheck: How We Became a Culture of Consumption 2010

The book Affluenza states that since the '80s spending on advertising to children rose 15,000%! ...

Manisha Thakor : PriceCheck: How We Became a Culture of Consumption 2010