Creeping Affluenza in Australia

SYDNEY, October 11, 2004 (smh. com.au):  Following the return of the Coalition Government, Clive Hamilton writes in The Sydney Morning Herald –  ” …  the Coalition victory reflects nothing more than the narrow-mindedness and preoccupation with self that characterises modern Australia after two decades of market ideology and sustained growth…..” “And that is where we have got to in Australia after 20 years of creeping affluenza, an era in which materialism and the attendant self-absorption have invaded the daily consciousness of most Australians.” READ FURTHER

Thanks to Tim Williams, CM for pointing out this article.