In the ancient world, lenders deliberately lent in order to enslave people through their high interest loans. Compound interest is a phenomenal impossible to overcome over a long period of time. Aristotle got it wrong when he said that money does not increase through loan. In fact, without interest, there are seven things you can't do. You can't fund businesses. And then eventually by let's say the 16th century, capitalism has become so well established in Europe with merchants trading across Europe and using credit instruments that embed rates of interest.

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