Barbara Tuchman Quotes

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.

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