Payback

Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth

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Beschreibung

<p><b>'A fascinating, freewheeling examination of ideas of debt, balance and revenge in history, society and literature - Atwood has again struck upon our most current anxieties' </b><i>The Times</i><br><br><b>'A stimulating, learned, and stylish read from an eminent author writing from a heartfelt perspective ... very provocative' </b>Conrad Black<br><br>In this wide-ranging history of debt Margaret Atwood investigates its many meanings through the ages, from ancient times to the current global financial meltdown. Many of us wonder: how could we have let such a collapse happen? How old or inevitable is this human pattern of debt?<br><br>From the earliest days of finance in ancient Babylon to the modern machinations of the World Bank, the acclaimed author of <i>The Handmaid's Tale </i>turns her incisive eye onto one of humanity's oldest ideas.<br><br>Imaginative, topical and insightful, <i>Payback </i>urges us to reconsider our ideas of ownership and debt - before it is too late.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780747598718

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

200 x 130 x 18 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Verlag / Hersteller

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC