Tom Wolfe was the genius who invented it. Of course, he did so to paint a picture of how the 'old boy system' in 1980s New York worked but it was genius nonetheless.
Don't worry if you haven't read Wolfe's masterpiece,
Bonfire of the Vanities, perhaps you've seen the movie,
Pay It Forward or read another masterpiece by litery fiction writer,
Paulo Coelho,
The Zahir. Wolfe invented The Favour Bank, and Coelho made it a rule to live and love by.
The idea is simple: do things to help others without expecting things in return. In the 'bank' ideology that is called ...
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