Usury is just another name for interest that sounds evil.
The legitimacy of interest comes straight from the bible, with the master who left on a journey and left money in the care of his servants. The master tells the one who buried his in the ground that he should have at least invested it with the money changers so he could have gotten interest.
Money is a proxy for man's ability to produce. When you lend money, there is a chance you will never get it back. Interest is what compensates you for that risk.
Ann Barnhardt covers it beautifully in her videos on the coming collapse.
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Very good.
I was contemplating Ms. Barnhardt’s position on this myself.
Usury is charging interest on unproductive loans and is evil. Charging interest otherwise is good and often necessary. Read the article and understand why.