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Our debts don't leave us much in terms of choices. We can choose to pay now or try to pay later. But the longer we wait the steeper the bill
Our debts don't leave us much in terms of choices. We can choose to pay now or try to pay later. But the longer we wait the steeper the bill
Approximate author period: c. 2012 AD · contemporary
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- Ziad K. Abdelnour
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- Approximate author period: c. 2012 AD · contemporary
Approximate historical context for attribution to Ziad K. Abdelnour, based on documented writing activity in 2012. Wiley credits Ziad K. Abdelnour and Wesley Whittaker and records first online publication on 2 January 2012. This establishes publication activity, not the composition date of unrelated quotations. Source: Wiley Online Library: Economic Warfare, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119203131 (checked 2026-10-09). This does not establish the composition date or authenticate the attribution of these words. Source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119203131 (accessed 2026-10-09).
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