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Oliver James
Bookclub
English - January 04, 2009 16:00 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MB - ★★★★ - 208 ratingsSociety & Culture books culture news productivity health business entrepreneurship interview comedy politics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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James Naughtie talks to the psychologist Oliver James. He joins an audience of readers to put his case against 'affluenza', a virus which he says is sweeping through the English-speaking world. Written just before the advent of the credit crunch, he points out that the aspiration to and trappings of affluence might be emotionally harmful.