Affluenza

Quite a frightening book if you take the message seriously regarding what the population of teh affluent West is doing to itself by consuming more and more 'stuff' that it wants rather than needs.

Advice on how to protect our children from the pressure p303
An anonymous quote on the secret of happiness: If you want to be happy for a few hours, get drunk; if you want to be happy for a few years, get married; if you want to be happy for life, get a garden.
Debates the point of ever increasing educational attainment with regard to economic success of a nation p296
In the appendix the chart of the very strong correlation between income inequality in a society and emotional distress / mental illness.