Toxic Wealth : How the Culture of Affluence Can Harm Us and Our Children.

Cover -- Contents -- Chapter 1: The American Dream and the Myth that Wealth Brings Happiness -- Chapter 2: The Culture of Affluence and the Unrelenting Pressure to Achieve -- Chapter 3: The Disconnect between Affluent Parents and Their Children -- Chapter 4: The Negative Aspects of Having Wealth -- Chapter 5: Promoting Class Envy and Class Warfare -- Chapter 6: Professionals' Attitudes toward the Affluent -- Chapter 7: How to Cope with Negative Stereotypes -- Chapter 8: Raising Confident, Competent, and Connected Children -- Chapter 9: Relationship Issues among the Affluent -- Chapter 10: The Midlife Crisis among the Affluent -- Chapter 11: Substance Abuse among the Affluent -- Chapter 12: Problems with Inheritances -- Chapter 13: When We Lose Our Wealth: A Postscript for a Bad Economy -- Appendix: An Empirical Study of Professional Social Workers' Attitudes toward the Affluent -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W.

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