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Usury

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What is Usury?

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Kenneth Stow: Jews, Credit and Usury...(Workshop)

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K.A.A.N. - Usury

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Pinchas Roth: Jews, Credit and Usury...(Workshop)

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Understanding Usury Rate

Usury is the practice of making unethical or immoral monetary loans that unfairly enrich the lender. Originally, usury meant interest of any kind. A loan may be considered usurious because of excessive or abusive interest rates or other factors. Historically, in some Christian societies, and in many Islamic societies even today, charging any interest at all would be considered usury. Someone who practices usury can be called a usurer, but a more common term in contemporary English is loan shark.
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    • England 

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    • Avoidance mechanisms and interest-free lending