 | The Painspotter's Guide to Broken Britain: 50 People to Love, Hate, Blame, Rate by Andrew Holmes
Buy new: £5.39 / Used from: £1.55 I had to write this book as it was necessary to hold a mirror up to our crazy behaviour; funny, true and accurate
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 | Affluenza: The All Consuming Epidemic (Bk Currents) by John De Graaf
Buy new: £8.05 / Used from: £4.83 It was a desperate need to be seen to be wealthy that got us into this mess and this is a great read - funny too
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 | Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton
Buy new: £5.69 / Used from: £3.14 A wonderful book and antidote to rampant consumerism - read it if you dare!
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 | Green with Envy: A Whole New Way to Look at Financial (Un)Happiness by Shira Boss
Buy new: £10.37 / Used from: £1.01 I first picked this up in the US - keeping up with the Jones' ain't good for your health or your wallet, but I guess we know that now...don't we?
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 | Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit by James Scurlock
Buy new: £11.69 / Used from: £0.01 The credit card companies have got us by our short and curly's. An essential read for anyone with a credit card
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 | The Two-income Trap: Why Middle-class Mothers and Fathers are Going Broke by Amelia Warren Tyagi
Buy used from: £0.15 Maintaining our lifestyles (which none of us really need) is why we are all wage slaves. Pitty the poor children
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 | Born to Buy: The Commercialised Child and the New Consumer Culture by Juliet B. Schor
Buy new: £5.93 / Used from: £1.64 It's a sad fact that we are condition to buy stuff from the day we are born; still thank heavens we aren't allowed credit cards at such a tender age!
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 | The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids by Madeline Levine
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £1.58 Poor little rich kids. A superb read and why you're better off playing in the dirt!
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 | The Web of Debt: The Shocking Truth About Our Money System And How We Can Break Free (Revised and Updated) by Ellen Hodgson Brown
Buy new: £13.30 / Used from: £19.98 A must read if you want to understand why we all get into debt...it's all about control
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 | Enough: Breaking Free from the World of More by John Naish
Buy new: £5.56 / Used from: £1.45 We all have too much already, so why want more? This book is a perfect solution to the mindless spending...time to change?
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