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Sociological discussion. What does affluence really mean? From the Kalahari desert to Wall Street, Laurie Taylor explores contrasting conceptions of plenty and the 'good life'.

Affluence - from the Kalahari desert to Wall St; Laurie Taylor explores contrasting conceptions of material plenty and the 'good life'. He's joined by James Suzman, an anthropologist who has spent 30 years studying and spending time with the bushmen of Namibia and Rachel Sherman, Associate Professor of Sociology at The New School whose study of wealthy New Yorkers found an uneasiness, as well as an enjoyment in affluence.

Producer: Jayne Egerton.

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Mon 20 Nov 201700:15
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