Nature is an expert in cost-benefit analysis,' she says. 'Although she…

Margaret Atwood
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Nature is an expert in cost-benefit analysis,' she says. 'Although she does her accounting a little differently. As for debts, she always collects in the long run. ✨ Margaret Atwood (2012). Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth, p.180, Bloomsbury Publishing
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