"In chapters with titles like Swollen Expectations and A Rash of Bankruptcies, this book uses the whimsical metaphor of a disease to tackle a very serious subject: the damage done to our health, our families, our communities and our environment by the obsessive quest for material gain. The producer of the award-winning TV specials Affluenza and Escape from Affluenza and his co-authors examine the origins, evolution and symptoms of the affluenza epidemic - and its cure."