CBC Massey Lectures: Payback : Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth (Paperback)

from AltheaAnn

Look! I read a non-fiction book!Yes, I usually read fiction books, and non-fiction in magazine or journal articles. Ironically, this non-fiction book (which I liked very much) reminded me why. Most non-fiction is just not written in a style that encourages long-form reading. Atwood is an exceptio...

from bruchu

Interesting But No New Insights I guess it would be a stretch to expect something revolutionary about economics from a literary writer. "Payback" is more of a philosophical and philological analysis of debt and credit as opposed to a theoretical analysis which again, you would not expect from a M...

from VisibleGhost

My Atwood in April turned into Atwood in April, May, June, July, and August. It was the Massey Lectures Series for 2008. A Canadian program that has been ongoing for some time now. Since 1961, I believe. Atwood shifted some things around for the book format but it still reads like a speech. There...

from mahallett

very enjoyable. atwood has a very stupid chuckle which is kind of endearing. i don't want to live with it but okay for a bit. i enjoyed the first 4 but the last put me off. i have very little time for dickens, especially scrooge and it was a modern arrangement of scrooge.

from StephenBarkley

This is a fascinating book for a number of reasons: 1. Atwood is a gifted fiction writer and poet who brings her writing skill to bear on this non-fiction topic. 2. The topic itself is quite apropos in our current economic climate. 3. Atwood's knowledge of literature provides the her with scads o...