Growth Fetish in Western Countries?

AUSTRALIA, October 15, 2004 (growthfetish.com): “For decades our political leaders have touted higher incomes as the way to better lives for us all. But after years of sustained economic growth, we must confront an awful fact: we aren’t any happier. “AUSTRALIA, October 15, 2004 (growthfetish.com): Hamilton has  published a work titled Growth Fetish, focusing on the modern obsession with economic growth. 

The online description on this book says – For decades our political leaders have touted higher incomes as the way to better lives for us all. But after years of sustained economic growth, we must confront an awful fact: we aren’t any happier.  

 Clive Hamilton’s bestselling book Growth Fetish is the first serious attempt at a politics of change for rich countries dominated by the sickness of affluence, where the real yearning is not for more money, but for authentic identity, and where the future lies in creating a society that promotes the things that really do improve our well-being.  READ FURTHER

Thanks to Tim Williams for spotting this piece.