Affluenza Video and Audio
BBC Newsnight
11/02/2009
Oliver demands an apology for neoliberalism on Newsnight from politicians Theresa May (Tory) and Tony Macnulty (Labour)
BBC Radio 4 Bookclub
04/01/2009
Psychologist Oliver James puts his case against Affluenza - a virus he says is sweeping through the English speaking world. Written just before the advent of the credit crunch, he points out that we're richer than ever but we're unhappier and that the aspiration to and trappings of affluence are emotionally harmful to us. In the book he offers some iconoclastic remedies.
Are we tightening our belts?
11/10/2008 - The Today Show
It has been a disastrous week on the financial markets - but what will the long-term effects be, not just on the financial system but on the way we live our lives? Oliver James and Dominic Sandbrook, an historian, discuss whether we will be changing our financial habits.
The Politics Show
Oliver James on the politics show
Brian Draper - Thought for the Day
16/02/2008
Brian Draper sings the praises of Affluenza.
The Book Show
07/02/02008, Sky Arts
AQR Trends, 2007
09/11/2007, Originally published on the Research Talk website
Happiness
14/05/2007, Today, BBC Radio 4
Oliver James with Tom Hodginkson talking about happiness on Today
You and Yours
13/02/2007, You and Yours, BBC Radio 4
An episode of You and Yours devoted to a phone-in with Oliver James about Affluenza
The Jeremy Vine show
24/01/2007, Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2
Oliver and Daniel Ben-Ami have a rematch
Affluenza on Today
24/01/2007, Today, BBC Radio 4
Oliver debates Daniel Ben-Ami on the Today show
Are we too impatient?
24/03/2006, Today, BBC Radio 4
Oliver James challenges Stelios about Easy money on Today