The growth in relative materialism over the past 20 years is taking a heavy toll on the wellbeing of English-speaking nations, writes Oliver James.

In urging us to pursue wealth, the regime of the past 10 years is directly to blame for our growing unhappiness.

We have sleepwalked into a crazed consumer culture and sterile technocratic politics, argues Oliver James - but people are now waking up to what their real needs are.

We need to eradicate the virus of 'affluenza' and improve our mental health - and there are two fundamental policies that can help.

In saying that single mothers should go back to work, the government is trying to convince us that only paid employment confers dignity.

Blair’s encouragement of free market capitalism has boosted spiralling levels of British mental illness.

The Blatcherites' biggest crime is the spreading of the affluenza virus that has led to an epidemic of depression across Britain.