The price of time : the real story of interest /

In the beginning was the loan, and the loan carried interest. For at least five millennia people have been borrowing and lending at interest. Yet as capitalism became established from the late Middle Ages onwards, denunciations of interest were tempered because interest was a necessary reward for le...

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Main Author: Chancellor, Edward, 1962- (Author)
Other Authors: Soto Baño, Luis (Narrator)
Format: Audio eBook
Language:English
Published: [Prince Frederick, Maryland] : Tantor Media, Inc., 2022.
Edition:[First edition].
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