... Lanchester, John I.O.U.: why everyone owes everyone and no one can pay/ John Lanchester p cm Includes bibliographical references and index Global financial crisis, 2008–2009 Economic history—21st century ... Debt to Pleasure JOHN LANCHESTER I.O.U Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 www.SimonandSchuster.com Copyright © 2010 by ... where banks and governments have delayed the reckoning with bad assets and bank insolvency for as long as they can If the global economic crisis can be reduced to one single phenomenon, it is...