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Business Definition for: Affluenza

  • feelings of unhappiness, stress, and guilt induced by the pursuit and possession of wealth

Wiktionary Definition for: Affluenza

  • #A feeling of dissatisfaction, anxiety, etc, caused by the dogged and ongoing pursuit of more.
  • a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more
  • 1. The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling that results from efforts to keep up with the Joneses. 2. An epidemic of stress, overwork, waste and indebtedness caused by dogged pursuit of the American Dream. 3. An unsustainable addiction to economic growth.

Additional Resources

No Comment - News Briefs - Brief Article
Money Woes, I From an article in the Idaho Mountain Express: "Do you often feel embarrassed, guilty, or ashamed of your wealth? Do you feel your wealth has denied you an opportunity to establish a sense of your own self worth? ... If so, you may be suffering from...
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Research articles 2000-12-01
Uncommon IE: directing the disorderly.(Front Line)(Sapce management)
Several years ago, PBS featured a program about "affluenza"--a condition of being so consumed with making money to accumulate things that one does not have time to enjoy the accumulated things. Rosanne Larkins was intrigued, and a few years later when she learned about the National...
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Research articles 2004-07-01
TV tips
Affluenza PBS, September, check local listings for time. This one-hour special explores the epidemic of stress, overwork, shopping, and debt. It also includes the high school play, Barbie Get Real, a feisty commentary on kids and consumerism. The All New Captain Kangaroo Syndicated, premiering September, check local listings for date...
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Research articles 1997-09-01
Family Business
While the advantages of inherited wealth are obvious, there are many disadvantages that planners must help clients address. As financial planners, one comes across a very wide spectrum of individuals with much wealth. Some probably earned their wealth by starting their own businesses, others may have worked their way up...
Tags: Wealth
White papers 2001-04-01
Family Business
While the advantages of inherited wealth are obvious, there are many disadvantages that planners must help clients address. As financial planners, one come across a very wide spectrum of individuals with much wealth. Some probably earned their wealth by starting their own businesses, others may have worked their way up...
Tags: Wealth
White papers 2001-04-01
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