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|title=One Red Paperclip: How a Small Piece of Stationery Turned into a Great Big Adventure

|author=Kyle MacDonald

|date=June 2007

|isbn=978-0091914523

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The book "One Red Paperclip" is the true story of how Kyle MacDonald traded one, simple, little, red paperclip and kept trading until he ended up with a house, exactly one year later. Isn't that amazing? Of course, some might be appalled by this - trading junk, until you get something of real value, might seem to be a cheap trick. Those who struggled to buy our homes might feel Kyle cheated to get what others sweated for. But it takes gumption, nay, chutzpah to actually attempt this, let alone actually make it happen. Others will say MacDonald is lazy, and Kyle's admitted laziness factors highly here. He wanted a house, but he didn't want to work years to earn enough to buy one. In fact, he didn't even want a job, but he also didn't want to sponge off his girlfriend. In the end, this wild exercise netted Kyle a house. No matter if you want to call Kyle a trickster, cheater or lazy git - you have to hand it to MacDonald for his originality in achieving this dream.