"No economic activity was more irrepressible [in the 14th century] than the investment and lending at interest of money; it was the basis for the rise of the Western capitalist economy and the building of private fortunes - and it was based on the sin of usury." - Barbara Tuchman

Barbara Tuchman: No economic activity was more irrepressible [in the 14th...

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"No economic activity was more irrepressible [in the 14th century] than the investment and lending at interest of money; it was the basis for the rise of the Western capitalist economy and the building of private fortunes - and it was based on the sin of usury." - Barbara Tuchman

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