BetteTheRed
Resident Heretic
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He never charges usury on loans, takes no interest,
It's interesting that this comes from Ezekiel. Jewish people are not allowed to charge interest...to other Jews. But they may to Gentiles. Early Christians were forbidden to charge interest, so the Jewish people, by default, "invented" the banking system we know today.
Usury is always the main cause of economic collapse. Usury is the root cause of business cycles…of rapid expansion and rapid contraction…of Bull and Bear Markets…
Well, no, not exactly. "Interest" is what brings money into being. If you get no ROI for loaning your money, you put it in a sock under your mattress, and it may as well not be money until/unless it is circulated.