'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' The Times 'A stimulating, learned,
and stylish read from an eminent author writing from a heartfelt
perspective ... very provocative' Conrad Black 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? From the earliest
days of finance in ancient Babylon to the modern machinations of the
World Bank, the acclaimed author of The Handmaid's Tale turns her
incisive eye onto one of humanity's oldest ideas. Imaginative, topical
and insightful, Payback urges us to reconsider our ideas of ownership
and debt - before it is too late.
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ISBN
9781408837320
Publisert
2015
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Bloomsbury Paperbacks
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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