Margaret Atwood on Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth

You may have already seen Margaret Atwoods recent book
on Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth. And now she backs up her prescience with a nytimes op-ed about A Matter of Life and Debt. Withall, the recent worldwide financial crisis seems to once again be presaged by quiet observers. Its a pity quiet observers dont hold more offices, but then, I suppose, they wouldnt be quiet observers. Between stock market plunges and high volatility, perhaps reading more science fiction authors could be added to the survive a depression list… ?