Review: A Clarion Call against Materialism!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 8, 2014
I'm ideologically a free market capitalist and have grown up on Ayn Rand books – Atlas Shrugged and Fountainhead. So you may well imagine that I am as materialistic as they come. But the economic recession of 2008 and my subsequent career difficulties have left me disillusioned and frustrated with my life, and wanting to get out the the “rat race” that we are all a part of.So I was looking for someone to tell me - “It's okay! Being rich and having it all isn't everything, there's more to life than that!” Writer Grace Scott does this brilliantly in her book, “The Materialistic World”, presenting a clear, well thought and intelligent case against the scourge of materialism.She talks of the effects and consequences of material – poor self-image, dissatisfaction, huge debts; discusses materialism that is hurting the youth of today so much; and offers intelligent remedies to save ourselves from becoming slaves to it.Very interesting book, that had me nodding along several times while reading it, agreeing with the writer's well-argued case against the curse of the modern world,  materialism.