BNET Business Dictionary

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

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
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
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...; Tags: Fax, Newton, PBS, TVs; Research articles 1997-09-01
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...; Tags: INTERNET, PBS, TVs; Research articles 2004-07-01
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...; Tags: font, Readers, Thomson Reuters Corp.; Research articles 2000-12-01

In the grip of affluenza.: Apr 20, 2003 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) Coming consumer spending trends in Australia may not be accurately reflected by past statistics. Though Reserve Bank of Australia figures indicated a modest 0.3 rise in retail spending for February 2003, Westpac Banking economist Andrew...; Tags: Westpac Banking Corp.; Research articles 2003-04-21
Unquenched thirst; Water industry.(Germany's RWE buys American Water Works)(Brief Article): Germany's RWE swallows America's largest listed water company AFFLUENZA has long been a common affliction of European utilities. Although their core energy businesses generate cash in abundance, they offer few opportunities to invest. So, time and again, the utilities have diversified into loosely...; Tags: American Water; Research articles 2001-09-22