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House Lust
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  A new book explores Americans' obsession with houses and homes, from Sunday morning ritual scans of the real estate section to the 24/7 of popular TV shows on Home and Garden television, to the preoccupation with house-centered websites like Zillow.com. Author Dan McGinn says that’s gone from frenzy to fascination to fixation in America and that continues even during the current housing crisis. We’ll explore our hangup on houses. Guest
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I think this is all about Affluenza. Our culture is addicted to stuff. If you think about it as an addiction, like alcoholism, the analogy fits quite well. The media and the government and our society promote it because it's good for the economy.
"Affluenza" - I love it (the word, that is - not the affliction)!
I don't know if they coined the term, but there was a PBS special about ten years back called "Affluenza," hosted by NPR's Scott Simon:
http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/home.html