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The interest-free loans proposed by binary economics are compatible with the traditional opposition of the Abrahamic religions to usury. en.wikipedia.org

The limits on personal liability afforded by incorporation are seen as a form of usury in this sense, as is insurance. en.wikipedia.org

The church in these times said that using money as an end in itself (usury) was a sin. en.wikipedia.org

Usury grew during the period, and few cases were prosecuted by the authorities. en.wikipedia.org

They were not to lend on usury, and no one was to be forced by the king or his officers to repay to them usurious loans. en.wikipedia.org

Our sovereign and rulers are at the bottom of all usury, thievery, and robbery; they take all created things into possession. en.wikipedia.org

Throughout the depression from 187378, he said that usury was the foremost political problem of the day. en.wikipedia.org

For example, it is known that it relieved tax for widows and orphans, and protected the poor from the usury of the rich. en.wikipedia.org

It was argued that the usury laws had been abolished for the whole of the community except only for the pawnbroker who advanced less than 10. en.wikipedia.org

O you who believe, you shall not take usury, compounded over and over. en.wikipedia.org

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