Marcus Dunn came out of the slums of Kensington Philadelphia, with two things, a brain and a bad temper that didn't go with it. A strange combination of the two got him into trouble and into Harvard. What You Pay For traces his development from the slums through college, into the world of high finance and the beginnings of the Cable TV industry. What You Pay For deals with violence, friendship, love, and betrayal. And Marcus Dunn must navigate his way through them all. But after living in the world of the very rich, he must return to the streets of Kensington to find his salvation....