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      <pubDate>2021-06-07 03:48:35 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Note by Katherine</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Article1: Clive,H. 2006&nbsp;</div><ul><li>Material affluence leads to a greater desire for wealth</li><li>Social inequality leads to problems</li><li>Leading to a high rate of mental health problems</li><li>Different models of capitalism also lead to different results</li><li>The desire threshold keeps rising</li><li>Excessive consumption</li><li>Wishing for more</li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-06-07 13:58:39 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Note by Katherine</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Article 2 :Hamilton, C &amp; Denniss, R (2005)&nbsp;</div><ul><li>Complaining about a long time but actually earning a lot</li><li>Feel like don't have enough stuff in your life</li><li>Thinking that more money will make you happier, but it doesn't</li><li>Aim too high and it is hard to meet</li><li>The desire to grow faster than their existing capacity</li><li>The core concept of capitalism</li><li>The happy treadmill theory</li><li>People's physical and mental health is affected</li><li>The root cause of addiction is an imbalance of attention to things</li><li>Is it a puzzle as to what is the pursuit of a meaningful and worthwhile life</li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-06-07 14:05:13 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Note from Yingqi Sun</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Article 1:</div><ul><li>2 <strong>definitons of affluenza</strong></li><li>affluenza behavious/effects</li><li>nature of affluenza--surpport by surveys in several countries&nbsp;</li><li>Affluenza in Australia:<strong> resons </strong>why people being rich but not satisfied--cannot afford what is needed</li><li><strong>higher desire vs. lower income</strong>--example: need house and space, higher price.</li></ul><div>Article 2:</div><ul><li>introduce by phenomena in Australia&nbsp;</li><li>prediction and reasons--what people spend money on</li><li><strong>higher desire vs. lower income</strong></li><li>different from other recognization disease</li><li><strong>definition and reasons</strong></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-06-07 14:11:43 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Notes by Victor</title>
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         <pubDate>2021-06-07 14:16:08 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Notes by Zoe</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Article 1</div><ul><li><strong>Definitions:&nbsp;</strong></li></ul><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; endless pursuit&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; depressed feelings</div><ul><li>unfair society means unhappiness</li><li><strong>mental problems</strong> in English-speaking nations</li><li>expectation for higher wealth regardless of classes</li><li>Nespoll survey: middle-class battler (Australia:unable to pay for everything needed)</li><li><strong>Desir</strong>e for more spacious house (statistics)</li></ul><div>Article 2</div><ul><li>Unaffordable life-fake</li><li>Increased income: cost most on consuming goods (less on other services)</li><li><strong>Endless desire</strong> for money- unhappiness</li><li>Compare with the peers/neighbors</li><li>Advanced goals-dissatisfaction/discontent with income</li><li>Rich societies: collective <strong>mental/psychological disorde</strong>r (self-deception, escape from the truth)</li><li><strong>Condition of Affluenza:</strong></li></ul><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The <strong>definition</strong> of collective&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;addictions</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-06-07 14:33:41 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Notes by Chloe</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>&nbsp; Article 1</div><ul><li>Definitions: capitalism and consumerism,&nbsp; 2 definitions</li><li>Negative effects of Affluenza: 4 supporting points</li><li>Reasons for people’s dissatisfaction: 4 reasons</li><li>&nbsp;Desire<strong> </strong>Australians:&nbsp;</li></ul><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;for houses and more space</div><ul><li>Relationship between Affluenza and mental distress:&nbsp;</li></ul><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; artificial needs increases,<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; increased mental disorders rates<br>&nbsp;Article 2</div><ul><li>&nbsp;Definitions: 1</li><li>&nbsp;Negative effects of Affluenza: psychological disorder, unable to change behaviour and blind ourselves: consume more</li><li>Reasons for people’s 4 reasons</li><li>Desire&nbsp;</li></ul><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Americans: cars,&nbsp;<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Australians: TV, air-condition, computers, bathrooms and et. al.</div>]]></description>
         <pubDate>2021-06-07 14:43:53 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Notes for article 2 by Elaine<br>situation：</div><div>•Australia have higher earning but complain the difficulty of buying everything they need.</div><div>•Unwilling to devote money to health and the environment.</div><div><br></div><div>reason：</div><div>•The Reason they want to become richer is more money means more happiness</div><div><br></div><div>results：</div><div>•Raised desire creates endless cycle of self-deceptions</div><div>•People never satisfy our income if expections are greater than income</div><div>•Collective psychological disorder existing in rich counties</div><div><br></div><div>struggles:</div><div>•People confused about how to distinguish between what we want and what we need.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-06-07 14:50:05 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Notes for article 1 by Tessie&nbsp;<br>Definition: Affluenza ( Affluence&amp;influenza)<br>&nbsp;1. Some bad feelings&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;2. Epidemic of stress, overwork …<br>&nbsp;3. Unsustainable addiction of economy&nbsp;<br>The viewpoint of supporting Affluenza&nbsp;<br>1.feeling of worthlessness &amp; dissatisfaction of economic success&nbsp;<br>2. The rich can not have fun from buying things&nbsp;<br>3. Dominate their time and thoughts , bad effects on interpersonal&nbsp; relationship &amp; theory&nbsp;<br>Theory:<br>&nbsp;Viewpoint of British psychologist ( Oliver,James )<br>1.Unequal&nbsp; society — greater unhappiness of citizens&nbsp;<br>2.High rate of mental disorders — seeking wealth and becoming prosperous<br>3.“ Selfish capitalism” — Affluenza&nbsp;<br>In Australia&nbsp;<br>Wide acceptation&nbsp;<br>No matter how much money people have ,they need more.&nbsp;<br>When people rich the financial goal ❎happy.<br>Truth<br>1.Austrlia is one of the richest country&nbsp;<br>2.incomes which are 3 times higher than in 1950<br>Desire&nbsp;<br>1.Big bedroom &amp; bathroom&nbsp;<br>2.Electronic devices &amp; equip&nbsp;<br>3.More spaces of house people what to have</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-06-07 14:50:22 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Notes by David</title>
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         <pubDate>2021-06-07 17:23:16 UTC</pubDate>
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