Borrower, as ever, is servant to the lender

Notes

Writing about the current credit crisis in American life, Gigi A. Berman learned an old truth. Benjamin Franklin said, “He that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.” --Time March 29, 2010 p. 50. Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell Old Ben wasn’t the first sage to warn us of the danger of debt.…