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The Selfish Capitalist
Oliver James
其他書名
Origins of Affluenza
出版Vermilion, 2008
主題Business & Economics / Economics / GeneralMedical / Psychiatry / GeneralPolitical Science / Political Ideologies / CapitalismPolitical Science / World / EuropeanPsychology / GeneralSelf-Help / Personal Growth / GeneralSocial Science / General
ISBN00919238169780091923815
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=nSS-iyJgRdEC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋In 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.