‘One good turn deserves another’

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Payback
Margaret Atwood
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Snake-oil debt in cardboard boxes with impressive labels

The US Congress has given its nod to the $787-billion stimulus package, which Barack Obama sees as a ‘major milestone’ in rescuing the country from the sub-prime crisis and its aftermath. If, like the majority, you have difficulty in understanding what the crisis is all about, Margaret Atwood offers a sympathetic description in ‘Payback: Debt and the shadow side of wealth’.

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