Welcome to the First Background Briefing of the 2000 Season:
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THIS WEEK On ABC Radio National's
Background Briefing Program:
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Sunday, February 6, 9.10am
Repeated Tuesday, February 8, 7.10pm
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LUXURY FEVER
Produced by Tom Morton
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ON-AIR PROMO:
Did you know that, in baseball teams, where the superstar gets millions and
the ordinary players only get hundreds of thousands, the teams tend not to
do particularly well.
The reason is each player plays for himself - to get into the millions
bracket - and the team spirit suffers. They're saying that perhaps the
same thing is happening in Corporations and wider society.
Catch affluenza
Background Briefing, Sunday morning after the news at 9.
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PRODUCER's SUPPLEMENT:
Americans are in the grip of Luxury Fever according to some economists - a
frenzy of conspicuous consumption the likes of which has never been seen
before.
Robert Frank believes that people are locked in an arms race of competition
for the trappings of status and success which he says is making their lives
less comfortable and less satisfying.
In Australia, while our supply of high wealth individuals is rather more
modest, we have more rich people than ever before and there are plenty of
signs that we too are suffering from luxury fever.
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LAST WEEK: Transcripts now available on-line:
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing
ADELAIDE - CANNABIS CAPITAL
Produced by Chris Bullock
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