| 单词 | usury |
| 例句 | It was how Jackson got locals to trust him instead of the banks, even though his rates were straight usury as well. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I reckon he thinks they’d get him on the usury law if he netted more than eight percent. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever you might think of his political views, there's no denying the power of the litany against usury that comprises Canto XLV. Poster poems: Poverty 2010-12-10T12:21:00Z But according to the suit, Nachum discovered in December that the terms violated California usury laws. Longoria sued by former Vegas nightclub partner 2011-01-11T21:36:36Z The pope was sympathetic and the ban on usury was conveniently rewritten in 1515, when the process was redefined as “a profit that is acquired without labour, cost or risk”. Goldenballs 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z They contained the hand-written memoirs, as well as a text on a lottery, and a note to the emperor of Austria to end the system of usury and correspondence. Casanova at the National Library in France 2011-11-28T23:30:08Z The financier raised fresh capital for his bank by exploiting savings accounts, which were first introduced in Augsburg and paid 5% a year, thus contravening the Catholic church’s ban on usury. Goldenballs 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z She finds the link between them in the way money corrupts Timon’s understanding of human relations, turning generosity into a kind of usury, extorting the interest of the idle well-born. Review: Shakespeare’s ‘Timon’ Gets an Occupy Athens Makeover 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z In 2018, he repeated a claim about usury and Ashkenazi Jews similar to the one he made in his speech to Fatah members last month. Palestinian Authority lashes out at renowned academics who denounced president’s antisemitic remarks 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z “These people were fought because of their social function related to money, usury,” Abbas said in the speech. Palestinian leader’s comments on Holocaust draw accusations of antisemitism from U.S. and Europe 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Later, he specifies that he was referring to the role of Jews involving "usury, money and so on". Outrage over Abbas's antisemitic speech on Jews and Holocaust 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z But the deregulation of the banking sector in the 1980s ushered the money changers back into the temple by removing strict usury limits. Why Poverty Persists in America 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z The regulators said Credit Acceptance "sets consumers up to fail" by charging exorbitant interest rates averaging 22% and entering arrangements with dealers that mask the true cost of borrowing and sometimes violate state usury laws. U.S., New York sue Credit Acceptance, allege predatory auto lending 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Instead, the title-lending industry works under Georgia's pawn shop statutes, a loophole that exempts it from the usury laws and state oversight that other subprime lenders in Georgia must operate under. How title lenders trap poor Americans in debt with triple-digit interest rates 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z I also believe that our state and federal governments should not be in the usury business. Opinion | The Debate Over Canceling Student Debt 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z Consumer advocates want tips and “inflated” express fees to be considered finance charges and subject to interest rate disclosures and usury laws that cap interest rates. The hidden costs of an app promising protection from sky-high overdraft fees 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z In recent years, 17 states have brought back strong usury limits, capping interest rates and effectively prohibiting payday lending. Why Poverty Persists in America 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Over time, the Church relaxed its rule on usury and Christians entered the banking business. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They closed loopholes that had allowed the industry to evade long-standing usury laws in the state and made offering payday loans a felony. How title lenders trap poor Americans in debt with triple-digit interest rates 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z “We have the right to refound ourselves on citizen values and not on usury.” Harris Seeks Ally in Honduras as She Revisits Central America 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z There’s a multi-state investigation led by New York into whether payroll-advance apps are engaging in illegal online lending, including disguising interest rates as tips and violating usury laws, which cap interest rates. The hidden costs of an app promising protection from sky-high overdraft fees 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z You can read injunctions against usury in the Vedic texts of ancient India, in the sutras of Buddhism and in the Torah. Why Poverty Persists in America 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z To do so they had to borrow money, but the Church forbade Christians from lending money at interest, a sin called usury. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z For instance, the 166 installment lenders working in the state are subject to Georgia's usury cap of 60% annually, including interest and fees. How title lenders trap poor Americans in debt with triple-digit interest rates 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z He also has cited Islamic teachings that regard usury as a sin. EXPLAINER: Are Turkey’s efforts to fix the economy working? 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Erdogan’s televised remarks Sunday, in which he justified reducing interest rates as part of a Muslim duty to combat usury, sent the currency tumbling again early Monday. As Turkey’s economy suffers, Erdogan’s opponents step up efforts aimed at unseating him 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Erdogan vowed Sunday to continue to keep interest rates low, citing Islamic teachings against usury, saying: “Don’t expect anything else from me.” Turkish lira falls further as Erdogan stands firm on rates 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z A devout Muslim, whose religion regards usury as a sin, Erdogan has described interest rates as “the mother and father of all evil.” EXPLAINER: Turkey’s currency is crashing. What’s the impact? 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z After that, additional renewals have a lower interest cap of 12.5% per month, but that combined rate — up to 187.5% annually — is still far above the usury caps for other types of lenders in Georgia. How title lenders trap poor Americans in debt with triple-digit interest rates 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Sometimes, he said, the position was used for social blackmail and usury, but mostly it became a method to enforce Sicily’s entrenched culture of ritual kinship. In the Land of the Godfather Comes a Ban on Them 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z In an effort to help South Dakota banks and boost the state’s moribund economy, officials eliminated the state’s usury limit on banks. EXPLAINER: How US states help rich foreigners shield assets 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z “I noticed,” she told me, “that the interest charged exceeds what appears appropriate for California’s usury law,” which caps the allowable interest rate for consumer loans at 10%. Column: California's usury law caps loan rates. Bizarrely, most lenders are exempt 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Because a national bank is not based in any one state, it is not subject to individual state usury laws. Congress repeals Trump-era regulations on payday lenders 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z But Democrats and consumer advocates said it allowed predatory lenders to skirt state usury laws by partnering with national banks that are generally subject to looser interest rate rules. U.S. Senate banking chair plans interest-rate cap bill as he turns up heat on lenders 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z But with the help of her brother’s historical research, her reporting may put a stop to some of the worst usury on the Strip. Review: An Italian immigrant poker pro takes a gamble on — what else? — a Fellini-esque Vegas novel 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z But Democrats argue it will allow predatory lenders to skirt state consumer protections and usury laws by partnering with banks whose looser federal regulations pre-empt state rules. Exclusive: U.S. Democratic lawmakers will introduce resolution to undo OCC's true lender rule 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z I get asked frequently about California’s usury law. Column: California's usury law caps loan rates. Bizarrely, most lenders are exempt 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z While structured to try to avoid usury laws, the rates Mr. Braun changed were as high as 400 percent a year. Trump’s Last-Minute Pardon Frees Man Still Facing Accusations of Violence 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z The charges against the 325 defendants include murder, extortion, usury, money laundering, drug trafficking, corruption and belonging to a criminal syndicate. Italy Starts Largest Mob Trial in Decades 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z Gluttony, yes; greed and avarice, oh yes; wrath and fury, certainly; violence, fraud, and usury, yes again! Sending Trump to Hell 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z “At first, I thought e-wallets resulted in usury, which is forbidden by Islam. But after a while I found them convenient in daily life,” he said. "Sharia fintech": Startups race to tap Indonesia growth by aligning with Islam 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Before we get to why California’s usury law isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on, here’s some helpful context. Column: California's usury law caps loan rates. Bizarrely, most lenders are exempt 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z When the plague struck Barcelona, both explanations were used, about usury and the killing of Christ. How Anti-Semitism Rises on the Left and Right 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z They face a variety of charges, including murder, extortion, usury, money laundering, drug trafficking, corruption, and belonging to a criminal syndicate. Italian Police Arrest Over 300 in Raids on Organized Crime 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z This steadfast commitment made Volcker the target of opprobrium by politicians — one who accused him of “legalizing usury beyond any limits imaginable” — and the public alike. Paul Volcker helped shape an independent Federal Reserve—a vital legacy that’s under threat 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Lenders offer cash in exchange for a post-dated check written from the borrower’s checking account for the amount borrowed and “fees” — what they often dub “interest” to skirt usury rules. Payday lenders have embraced installment loans to evade regulations—but they may be even worse 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z In fact, it’s hard figuring which loans are subject to the usury law. Column: California's usury law caps loan rates. Bizarrely, most lenders are exempt 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Marxists who hated capitalism, Islamists who opposed usury rates and others taking advantage of the chaos ransacked hundreds of banks, angry over corruption. AP Analysis: Iran protests point to turmoil in the future 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z The Medieval Catholic Church labeled usury, avarice, pride and gluttony as deadly sins. In extreme crises, conservatism can turn to fascism. Here's how that might play out 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z At one point, Biden called Warren’s argument “mildly demagogic” and said her problem was not with the bankruptcy bill but with credit card company usury rates. Elizabeth Warren’s rise started by looking at the bottom 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z The bill ended up passing with bipartisan support as one Republican legislator cited religious prohibitions on usury. California Assembly OKs cap on consumer loan interest rates 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z IN 1978, the Supreme Court essentially gutted all state usury laws, freeing interest rates and sparking a credit card boom. Opinion | A credit card interest cap might not be as beneficial as Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez think 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z “Every major religion, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, every religion understands that usury and loansharking are immoral. And let’s call this what it is. It’s immoral.” Why Bernie Sanders and AOC are trying to cap credit card rates 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports the lawsuit alleges that Big Picture violated Virginia’s usury laws by charging annual percentage rates in some cases of more than 600 percent. Court to hear tribe’s appeal in predatory loan lawsuit 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that the lawsuit alleges that Big Picture violated Virginia’s usury laws by charging annual percentage rates in some cases of more than 600 percent. Court to hear tribe’s appeal in predatory loan lawsuit 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z “I want to tell all my brothers in Venezuela and all over the world that we are not going to rest until we reach our goal, which is the cessation of the usury,” he said. Venezuelans return to daily struggle after violent unrest 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z In fact, “usury” is an old term referring to unjust lending; profiting from the burdens of debtors by charging unreasonably high interest used to be commonly condemned as a sin. Opinion | Student debt vs. the politics of resentment 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Asking us to sign students up so early and charging exorbitant fees for anyone who did not do so is usury. The College Board is changing sign-up rules for AP tests. Critics say it’s an undue burden on students. 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Failing to level with them over the scale of the impending doom is manipulative and pure usury. Theresa May Survives Leadership Challenge, but Brexit Plan Is Still in Peril 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z “I don’t express what I really feel about the usury and avarice and stinginess of the 1 percent.” A new book celebrates the best of ‘Now & Then’ — and the beloved historian behind it 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z “From the time of Moses, usury has been condemned,” he wrote. Brown shows governing philosophy in final bill action 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z “This action could allow online payday lenders to use a federal charter to skirt state usury laws and evade responsibility to reinvest in the communities where they are operating,” Waters said in a statement. Trump appointees are pushing a deregulation plan that could dramatically erode consumer protections 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z In states where usury laws cap interest rates, the company lowers its highest rate — 36 percent — to comply. ‘A way of monetizing poor people’: How private equity firms make money offering loans to cash-strapped Americans 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z “The Jewish question that was widespread throughout Europe was not against their religion,” he said, “but against their social function, which relates to usury and banking and such.” Palestinian Leader Apologizes After Speech Prompts Anti-Semitism Uproar 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z He described their "social function" as "usury and banking and such". Abbas remarks on Holocaust condemned 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z CashCall argued that because the loans were originated by a tribal entity, they did not have to obey usury laws in numerous states that cap interest rates. In surprise move, CFPB appeals judgment against CashCall slashed by judge 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z The suspects, mostly from Westchester County, were arrested on usury and promoting gambling charges. 10 arrested in mob-run loan-shark takedown in Westchester 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z The industry argues that the advances are technically not loans — the money is paid back only if the plaintiff wins a settlement or a jury award — and are therefore exempt from state usury laws. Prosecutors Investigate Firms That Offer Plaintiffs Early Cash 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z Numerous states and the District of Columbia have usury laws that limit interest rates charged on short-term loans by financial institutions including so-called payday lenders. How your U.S. lawmaker voted 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z CashCall issued its loans through Western Sky, thinking the company's location and tribal affiliation would allow it to skirt state usury laws. Judge fines CashCall $10.3 million, a fraction of what was sought by CFPB for lending law violations 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The four companies are affiliated with the Habematolel Pomo tribe, which has argued that it is not governed by state laws and should not have to comply with state usury rules. Consumer Watchdog’s Latest Budget Request: $0 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z The 12% annual interest rate may sound excessive, but it is actually allowed as an exception to the normal maximum rate of interest permitted in most transactions in California under the state’s usury laws. Charging interest on interest on past-due HOA accounts is a no-no 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z If they could spend even a proportion of their time thinking about anything else in the Bible – crops, markets, usury, justice, fish – they’d be so much easier to live with. Homophobia is back – it’s no accident that nationalism is too | Zoe Williams 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z According to the California attorney general’s office, the state’s usury law doesn’t apply to “most lending institutions,” including “banks, credit unions, finance companies, pawn brokers, etc.” Payday lenders, charging 460%, aren't subject to California's usury law 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z He alleges the company “charged interest rates as high as 96%, far above California’s 10% usury limit, and threatened borrowers, falsely, that defaulting on the loans could subject them to criminal liability.” Mysterious company is unmasked — and it's no friend of California consumers 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Pensioner Mr. Lacriola learned that lesson the hard way as he kept losing and eventually turned to a usury racket for funds to play. Italy Tackles Its Gambling Problem 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z That 36 percent figure is also in line with the statutory cap for loans to active-duty military personnel and some state usury laws. Online Lenders Seek to Shape Industry Before Regulators Do 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Tribal lenders are not subject to state usury laws. CashCall loses long court battle with feds over how high it can set its loan rates 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z As Exodus 22:25 states: “If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.” Payday lenders, charging 460%, aren't subject to California's usury law 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z His assets were seized after he was found guilty of criminal association, usury and extortion in 2011. and sentenced to 16 years of house arrest. Art-Loving Mobster's Private Collection Goes on Private View 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z It may prevent those marketplace lenders from bypassing usury laws by originating loans in states without rate caps. StubHub wins deal to resell Yankees tickets; Aspartame to sweeten Diet Pepsi again 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Because Midland is not a bank, the company does not qualify for exemption from various state usury laws, the appeals court ruled. Justices Defer on Case Limiting Debt Collectors 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z “It does seem like the national digital lenders are going to have to think more about state usury laws,” Harralson said. CashCall loses long court battle with feds over how high it can set its loan rates 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Basically, if a company is a licensed lender in California, it’s exempt from the usury law — which is pretty remarkable when you consider that a usury law, by definition, applies primarily to lenders. Payday lenders, charging 460%, aren't subject to California's usury law 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z In his personal life, Gioacchino Campolo was renowned for extortion and usury but in private he was an avid art collector. Art-Loving Mobster's Private Collection Goes on Private View 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals in New York that found that Encore's Midland Funding and Midland Credit Management units were not national banks with legal protection against state usury laws. Supreme Court lets debt collection class-action suit proceed 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z The federal law allows banks to follow the usury laws of whichever state they are in and then “export” that rate to borrowers living in other states. Justices Defer on Case Limiting Debt Collectors 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z The lawsuit claims Think Finance ran the company and used the tribe to shield it from state usury laws. Montana tribe’s online lending company splits with partner 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z At the time, state mandated usury caps were 6 percent. The Demonization of 36 Percent APR 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Last year, a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled that many marketplace loans are subject to state usury laws. The LendingClub Distraction 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z "Extending those protections to third parties would create an end-run around usury laws for non-national bank entities that are not acting on behalf of a national bank," the court ruled. Supreme Court lets debt collection class-action suit proceed 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Their study primarily examines the effect on an arcane Second Circuit opinion issued last year, which called into question whether loans originated by Lending Club violated the usury laws. As Scrutiny Mounts, Acknowledging the Value of Lending Club 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Bring back usury laws and let's not have every state with different usury limits. The Quiet War on Corporate Accountability 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z He was prosecuted for wool-dealing and, more seriously, for usury – extending loans with interest, a heinous offence in Elizabethan eyes. Crime, social climbing, shotgun weddings: meet the Shakespeares 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Earlier this week, the Supreme Court asked the Obama administration to assess a legal challenge to the practice of relying on banks to make loans that exceed state usury caps. Bond Offering Tied to Prosper Marketplace Loans Gets Chilly Reception 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z The Catholic Church forbade usury, so Jews thrived as moneylenders - the trade of Shylock in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" - and ran pawn shops, both activities for a mostly Christian clientele. Jews of world's first ghetto reflect on Europe's migrant crisis 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z And under a Civil War statute, the state where the loan originates is where the applicable usury law holds sway. As Scrutiny Mounts, Acknowledging the Value of Lending Club 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z There may be ways around an adverse ruling on usury laws. A ripple of fear 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Courts in several states with strong usury laws dismissed enforcement actions against Tucker’s companies based on the sham tribal-sovereignty claim. The Death Trap of Debt-Trap Lending 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z State usury caps, some of which are as low as 6%, were designed when mortgages were the main type of consumer loan and weren't envisioned to apply to unsecured forms of credit, Mr. Laplanche added. Fast-Growing Lending Club To Change Its Fee Model 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z But they also broke usury laws in multiple states, officials allege. Recent Missouri Editorials 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z In the book “Charlie Wilson’s War,” the journalist George Crile III describes how the C.I.A. arranged for the account to earn no interest, in keeping with the Islamic ban on usury. U.S. Relies Heavily on Saudi Money to Support Syrian Rebels 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, a case working its way through the courts may subject P2P loans to state usury laws, from which banks with a national charter are exempt. A ripple of fear 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z But medieval Catholic theologians reinterpreted biblical injunctions against usury, thus facilitating the emergence of modern banking and capitalism. Business Leaders Move to Strengthen Vatican Ties 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Sanders also called for a national “usury law” to regulate interest rates charges by lenders. Bernie Sanders outlines plan to end Wall Street's 'greed, fraud and arrogance' 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z For example, many banks are incorporated in South Dakota and Delaware, where the institutions face no usury caps. The legal maneuver that allows corporations to pretend that state laws don’t exist 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Some online payday lenders claim immunity from state usury laws by affiliating with reservations. Feds Investigating Consumer-Debt Expert Howard S. Dvorkin 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Higher rates “would practically legalize usury,” a real estate trade group warned. Why Very Low Interest Rates May Stick Around 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Supreme Court, could make it harder for the marketplace lenders to use banks in Utah, which doesn’t have a state usury limit, to skirt rate caps in other states. Behind the Boom in Online Lending: A Tiny Utah Bank 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Today, we don’t need the hellfire and the pitchforks, we don’t need the rivers of boiling blood, but we do need a national usury law.” Bernie Sanders outlines plan to end Wall Street's 'greed, fraud and arrogance' 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z During the Middle Ages, this concept of ‘‘champerty’’ — assisting another person’s lawsuit in exchange for a share of the proceeds — emerged as part of the larger ecclesiastical taboo against usury. Should You Be Allowed to Invest in a Lawsuit? 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z This will help limit every kind of abuse or usury, especially where developing countries are concerned. Transcript: Pope Francis' remarks to the United Nations 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z But in order to charge and offer interest payments, he had to battle the church’s long-standing ban on usury. He remade capitalism, religion and history. You’ve probably never heard of him. 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z They are borrowing and lending with interest, dodging North Korea’s ban on usury. North Korea’s Private Finance: No Banks but Lots of Loans 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Popes changed canon law — notably eliminating the usury prohibition — to satisfy his interests. Jacob Fugger and the Renaissance Superrich 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z A n area of particular concern is online payday lending because of potential circumvention of state usury laws. From Student Debt To Home Foreclosures, State AGs Take Growing Consumer Protection Role 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z A volley of lawsuits followed, with the sides exchanging charges of fraud, money-laundering and usury, among others. A Vineyard Dispute, $800,000 in Cash, and Two Dead in Napa 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z As a devout Muslim, he may also be uncomfortable with usury; he says a rate of zero is the ideal. A frenzy about interest 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z He could hardly believe it was legal to charge such high rates, until he learned that most states’ usury laws don’t apply to business loans. Is OnDeck Capital the Next Generation of Lender or Boiler Room? 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Officials regularly appear on state television in a shop or factory decrying “usury” and “speculation” by owners. Could Low Oil Prices End Venezuela’s Revolution? 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z With business models such as “rent-to-own,” in which transactions are categorized as leases, stores like Buddy’s can avoid state usury laws and other regulations. Rental America: Why the poor pay $4,150 for a $1,500 sofa Virgin Islands that obscured their involvement and circumvented U.S. usury laws, according to four former employees of their company, Cane Bay Partners. Payday Lenders at Play on Caribbean Yachts 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z On Monday, the three executives who prosecutors accused of orchestrating a “systemic and pervasive usury scheme” were charged with violating usury rates and a count of conspiracy. New York Prosecutors Charge Payday Lenders With Usury 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z The moral gymnastics required to defend usury from a Christian point of view are not too much for Professor Brat. Ayn Randian wingnut goes to Washington: The scary economic thinking of David Brat 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z In a 2011 article on usury and capitalism, written for Union Presbyterian Seminary, he wrote: “What is the Christian response to an ever-increasing size of government? What does God want?” Voters Saw Cantor as Out of Touch, but Not Because of His Jewish Faith, Analysts Say 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Instead of fighting usury as a product of capitalism, Brat argues that “the church should hire lobbyists to work on behalf of the poor who suffer under usury.” David Brat's Biblical Views Shape His Tea Party Politics 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z To avoid state usury laws that limit the interest rate on business loans, some lenders team with banks based in Utah, which doesn’t cap rates. Lenders Target a New Subprime Market 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z As a result of tougher laws, many lenders have transitioned from brick-and-mortar stores to online sites, where it can be easier to skirt statewide usury rules and interest rate caps. DealBook: New York State Makes New Efforts to Combat Payday Lenders 2014-04-30T00:00:10Z In fact, the fee is actually a way to raise interest rates that circumvent the state’s usury cap of 36 percent. DealBook: Costly Loans Are Drawing Attention From States 2014-03-19T01:12:21Z Higher wages would fix that, along with a system that constrained leveraging/usury. Obamacare and inequality: A healthy dose of redistribution 2014-01-29T17:29:55Z On average, one in every eight dollars spent by an Italian family goes toward gambling, four times more than 15 years ago, said Maurizio Fiasco, a sociologist at a national commission that combats usury. Fears of Social Breakdown as Gambling Explodes in Italy 2013-12-29T03:29:11Z Debt and usury or income inequality are never a cause, but a symptom of deeper economic problems. Anti-poverty programmes: Are we helping the poor? 2013-12-18T16:52:59Z Maduro's populist measures, including inspections of hundreds of businesses and arrests of dozens of retailers on allegations of "usury," might help his candidates in a local election on Sunday. Venezuela to regulate car prices in war against inflation 2013-12-05T18:45:22Z "Obviously this is a case of usury," he said. Venezuela fines General Motors over spare parts' prices 2013-11-19T20:21:44Z "This is beyond usury, this is theft," he added. Venezuela 'to expand price controls' 2013-11-11T11:22:51Z The government blames "speculation and usury" for the situation. Why used cars can fetch more in Venezuela than new cars 2013-10-29T01:26:55Z I will address what I believe to be your point depending on the definition of usury. Anti-poverty programmes: Are we helping the poor? 2013-12-18T16:52:59Z This month, New York state’s attorney general, Eric Schneiderman, sued the company, alleging it violated state licensing and usury laws that cap interest rates on loans at 25 percent. Payday lender Western Sky Financial to stop funding loans on Sept. 3. 2013-08-27T00:10:00Z In the lawsuit, which was filed in New York State court, Mr. Schneiderman accused the lenders of violating usury laws that cap interest rates on loans at 25 percent. DealBook: New York Attorney General Sues High-Interest Lender 2013-08-12T19:28:54Z In addition to New York, other state regulators have also moved against online lenders for violating state usury laws. DealBook: Online Lenders Told to Abide by Interest Rate Cap in New York 2013-08-06T00:06:39Z This is when we need to read our Bible and remind ourselves that the Hebrew word for usury is "nashek", which means "snakebite". The church must be an activist: fight for the poor and expose the corrupt 2013-07-27T19:00:01Z I assert that by attributing a crisis to debt and usury, one is looking at a symptom and not a cause. Anti-poverty programmes: Are we helping the poor? 2013-12-18T16:52:59Z Western Sky has been the subject of several lawsuits challenging its lending in states with strict usury laws that cap interest rates on loans. Payday lender Western Sky Financial to stop funding loans on Sept. 3. 2013-08-27T00:10:00Z At 5,000%-plus rates of interest, the payday and short-term lending industry has clearly strayed into the territory of usury. Is the Treasury colonising the Bank of England? 2013-07-26T19:00:28Z It took Calvin to argue that usury was not lending money at interest but lending money at excessive interest. Thank God we have an archbishop who views Wonga's loans as modern slavery 2013-07-26T18:31:00Z In general, usury defined as the lending of money at high interest rates, is frowned upon by religion. Interest rates - What religions say 2013-07-26T15:58:43Z This is the legacy of usury combined with desperation, which played out much like the modern pawn shop and hungry minimum wage worker, yet en masse. Anti-poverty programmes: Are we helping the poor? 2013-12-18T16:52:59Z It treats "human embryonic cloning" as an evil on a par with gambling and usury, for example. Welby, Wonga and the moral dilemma of financial investments 2013-07-26T14:10:51Z It is time to join the archbishop in his war on usury. Labour should join Justin Welby's war on Wonga 2013-07-25T19:17:22Z Fiat money or no, usury by nature is a choatic system. Rand Paul's truthiness: Beware the spectre of inflation 2013-05-28T11:28:57Z Several passages in the Old Testament condemn usury, in particular when lending to the poor and destitute. Interest rates - What religions say 2013-07-26T15:58:43Z To escape state usury laws that put a ceiling on loan rates, some pension advance firms insist their products are advances, not loans, according to the firms’ Web sites and federal and state lawsuits. DealBook: New York State Investigating Pension-Advance Firms 2013-05-07T18:53:46Z To circumvent state usury laws that cap loan rates, some pension advance firms insist their products are advances, not loans, according to the firms’ Web sites and federal and state lawsuits. A Vulnerable Age: Pension Loans Drive Retirees Into More Debt 2013-04-27T23:00:01Z One critical element of the legislation pending in Congress would force lenders to abide by usury caps in the states where borrowers live rather than where the lenders are based. DealBook: Banks Urged to Put Limits on Payday-Style Loans 2013-04-25T23:17:53Z Both the Church and Islam banned usury in part because it so reliably led to ruin. Rand Paul's truthiness: Beware the spectre of inflation 2013-05-28T11:28:57Z This, says Dr McIntosh, was taken by the medieval Roman Catholic Church to mean that usury should be forbidden among Christians. Interest rates - What religions say 2013-07-26T15:58:43Z In July, he introduced a bill that would force payday lenders to abide by state usury caps where the borrower lives rather than where the lender is located. DealBook: Crackdown Expected on Big Banks’ Payday Loans 2013-04-23T21:39:59Z In the Christian west, contempt for financiers goes back to the middle ages when Christians were forbidden the sin of "usury" and money lenders were seen as wicked Jews. Rich Ricci and the pernicious symbolism of the greedy banker 2013-04-19T11:05:25Z Dozens of people are being investigated for suspected usury and fraud, the sources said. Italian court investigates derivatives at five banks 2013-02-01T18:34:30Z Funny you should mention those old usury bans - have been pondering this for a while. Rand Paul's truthiness: Beware the spectre of inflation 2013-05-28T11:28:57Z Islam, on the other hand, does not differentiate between charging interest and usury, and takes a very firm stance against charging even the lowest of interest rates. Interest rates - What religions say 2013-07-26T15:58:43Z “But some in the West may think in the aftermath of the financial crisis, banning usury may be useful,” he muses. Libya’s New Law of the Land: Sharia 2012-12-11T09:45:00Z Bishop Welby called the most costly loans "usury", saying that curbing them was a "moral" issue. Payday loan rates 'to be limited' 2012-11-28T18:09:25Z Lord Welby called the most costly loans "usury", saying that curbing them was a "moral" issue. Payday loan rates 'to be capped' 2012-11-28T17:03:18Z I can see the point of the usury ban too. Rand Paul's truthiness: Beware the spectre of inflation 2013-05-28T11:28:57Z Some are asking whether the loan is considered usury or not. Egypt's Mursi says falls short of goals, seeks to assuage critics 2012-10-06T22:03:01Z Bank of America recently rolled back a $5 monthly fee for debit cards that many considered usury. Are 'Safe Accounts' the Answer to Our Consumer-Banking Problems? 2012-08-06T19:05:32Z A lawsuit in California district court contends that the WebBank relationship means BML is acting as the true lender to customers, violating state regulations, including usury laws. eBay's hottest business brings benefits, risks 2012-07-13T15:49:27Z Avarice and usury and precaution must be our gods for a little longer still. How Much is Enough? by Robert Skidelsky and Edward Skidelsky; What Money Can't Buy by Michael Sandel – review 2012-06-15T10:00:01Z Instances of this in usury and abortion, 92. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z It’s a kind of moral usury which is always looking for a return on the investment. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z They who swallow down usury, shall arise in the Resurrection only as he ariseth whom Satan hath infected by his touch. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z The court dismissed the usury claims in late 2010 and the case was moved to district court in Utah last year. eBay's hottest business brings benefits, risks 2012-07-13T15:49:27Z Those laws approve buying and selling; they allow usury, so it be measurable; they praise war as a noble thing, so, it be just. Against War 2012-04-21T02:00:21.397Z As for usury, Alvaro Pelayo tells us that at that time the bishops of Tuscany set the example by habitually so employing the church funds, but the inquisitors did not meddle with the prelates. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z The building in front of this church is the Monte di Piet�, founded by the Padre Calvo, in the fifteenth century, to preserve the people from suffering under the usury of the Jews. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Enlightened Moslems are fully aware of this and henceforward, they will take care not to confuse banking operations with the sordid usury condemned by the Prophet. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z Preaching the acceptable year of the Lord is something more surely than an invective against usury. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z What! they say, have we not already simony and usury, wherefore then need a pope, who would come in person to devour the kingdom and our churches. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z Relapse into usury, however, was let off with the lighter alternative. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z He bought it of me to carry on usury with it, as I perceive.—O frater! Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z He vindicated free trade, and showed the impolicy of the usury laws. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z I might further ask for Mr. Ruskin to put more definiteness into his remarks on175 usury, and to particularize the special forms of that condemnable practice which the clergy should boldly denounce. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z They gave liberty to many slaves deprived thereof unjustly, they restored the usury they had taken, and everything that they unjustly held. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXX, 1640 2012-03-06T03:00:26.127Z We shall see that usury became a very profitable subject of exploitation by the Inquisition when the diminution of heresy deprived it of its legitimate field of action. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z Some efforts are made here and there; nay, sometimes there are those who can say they have returned usury for every gift of fate. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z She had heard such things, had listened to such hopes, had been dazzled by such sums that she was well-nigh reconciled even to that which the old Squire dubbed "the trade of usury." Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z It is not, then, that usury, in the sense of oppression or extortion, is inherent in196 money-lending; but it belongs equally to every transaction between man and man, where any unrighteous dealing is practised. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z For lack of teaching they had remained in their idolatries as before, without giving up usury, oppression, false swearing, and the feuds in which they had been brought up to have perpetual enmities. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXX, 1640 2012-03-06T03:00:26.127Z If it were neglected, and he had, for instance, abjured Catharism only, he might subsequently indulge in some other form of heresy, such as Waldensianism or usury, and have the benefit of another chance. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z It is, however, to usury not less than to trade that they owe their prosperity. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z Of course it's a trade--if usury is a trade! Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z A singular illustration of the danger that besets these sweeping moral judgments is to be found in Mr. Ruskin's own denunciation of usury, that is, of taking interest for money. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z He made inquiry throughout the village, and he ascertained that there were much usury and many other unjust and wrongful acts which had been committed in it. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXX, 1640 2012-03-06T03:00:26.127Z The strictness with which the canons against usury were construed is illustrated in a case decided by the University of Paris in 1490. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z What he captures of Nature's revenues he repays with usury, in coin that bears the mint-mark of inspired invention. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z But I've saved out of the land like a gentleman, and like my fathers before me, and not by usury. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z On the meaning of usury, I would add a few words. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z In both England and America compound interest, or interest on interest, appears to have been regarded with the horror that formerly attached to usury. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Intoxication and usury are the two vices to which they are most addicted. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 29 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century 2012-02-03T03:00:18.817Z Ohio, for example, exempted lenders from the state’s 28 percent usury cap in 1995. Editorial: Hurting Poor Borrowers 2012-02-01T05:43:03Z "For us, rent is a form of usury." Italy: Neo-Fascists Claim Ezra Pound, His Family Protests 2012-01-31T10:00:00Z If this be usury, it is lawful and right. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z When such loaners were brought before the courts, and they were sentenced to the galleys, the usual punishment for usury, their debtors came and testified their gratitude by begging for mercy to them! Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z The respectable French historian, De Thou, says that "the Vaudois keep the commandments of the decalogue, and allow among them of no wickedness, detesting perjuries and imprecations, quarrels, seditions, and all debaucheries, usury, &c. &c." L'Histoire Des Vaudois From Authentic Details of the Valdenses 2012-01-19T03:00:20.593Z Let us only notice the striking fact that usury could not be exacted upon the Jews themselves. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z They had obtained great privileges from King Edward; but, says Rapin, “lost all these advantages, by not curbing their insatiable greediness of enriching themselves, by unlawful means, as usury, &c.” Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z This is usury, in the bad sense of the term, but is more correctly called oppression or extortion. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z The first montes pictatis were expressly intended to check the usury of the Jews. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z “My ancestors,” he says, “were originally from the Levant, but settled in Genoa and employed themselves in the mercantile life of that city in such a manner that they were accused of usury.” Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Does this not offer a fine comment on the grievous usury so cruelly enforced in after years by these people upon the Gentile races? Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z Usurer, originally, was not a term of reproach; for interest and usury meant one and the same thing. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z The language throughout the book is of extreme violence against all manner of usury. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z In Peru, on the other hand, the repeal of the usury laws rapidly reduced the rate of interest from 50 to 24 per cent., and finally to 12. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z The wretched goldsmith was haled before a magistrate, and, as he had a bad reputation for usury, was forced to disgorge the reliquary. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z The Law of usury is difficult, but the chief points are well known. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z The earlier statutes against usury, in England, were directed chiefly against the Jews—whose lineal descendants are still in our midst. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Those reasonings, therefore, against usury are subtle, and have a certain plausibility; but they fall as soon as they are examined more narrowly. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z The debates on the repeal of the usury laws in the French Chamber of Deputies, after which Lherbette's motion in favor of their repeal was rejected. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z In it he takes up all the leading questions of the day: railroads, river navigation, internal improvements, and usury. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z Legal interest, 7; by contract, 8; usury forfeits excess of interest. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z There are not two words about it; extortion and usury harden the heart; soil the reputation; and diminish the quantum of happiness, by lowering the standard of self-respect. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z The Mosaic law was severe against usury and increase, forbidding it under heavy threatenings among the faithful Israelites, but allowing it in lending to strangers. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z In England, the usury laws were by 2 and 3 Victor., c. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z Left to myself, I rose to my feet, and stood there in the circle as if the victim of some usury game. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z Legal interest rate, 6; by contract, any rate; usury forfeits excess of interest and $100 fine. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z Of usury, in the opprobrious sense of the word, the taking of excessive and unlawful interest, this great man speaks in his tract on Riches, ii. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z The same had been the case, e.g., with the old usury laws. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z One fair-day, being at Hamburg, he saw merchants everywhere, and among them certain old Jews living on usury and old clothes. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z To trade, was disgraceful to a gentleman; and to lend money at interest, which at that time was considered as usury, and prohibited by law, would have been still more so. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z Legal interest rate, 6; no penalty for usury, but more than 6 per cent. can not be collected by law. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z Before that time, no Christian was allowed to take interest for money; and the Jews had the matter of usury, all to themselves. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z It robs society by shameless and unlimited usury—usury absolutely appalling. Socialism 2011-11-27T03:00:13.337Z Papal legislation makes it, under the name of usury, an ecclesiastical offence to be judged by the spiritual tribunals. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z There is noted amongst these people a strong sense of morality and honesty, which unfortunately is not recognised by their Christian neighbours, who are accustomed to oppress them with the most exaggerated usury. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Legal interest rate, 6; usury forfeits the principal. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z To comprehend this expression, it must be understood, that, among the Jews, of old, there were two Hebrew words, signifying usury, terebit, which meant simply increase, and Neshec, which meant devouring or biting usury. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z The roof is studded with stars, and round the frieze runs the inscription: "He only that shall not have deceived nor done usury, shall be worthy of eternal life." Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z And under the head of usury, which was strictly forbidden, was included anything whatever received by the lender in compensation for his capital, every kind of interest, commercial business and the like. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z Other signs alluded to the Christian disdain for usury. The Lede Blog: The Ideas Behind a Move to 'Occupy London' 2011-10-31T20:49:10Z Legal interest, 6; by contract, 8: usury forfeits excess over 6 per cent. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z "Jews!" another woman screamed; "coming to collect usury!" Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z The abuse of usury at the time, and the exactions of the Jews and Lombards, were severely felt, and Money itself, as personified, figures largely in the popular literature of the time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Has not religion been degraded to a system of usury and hypocrisy, which aims alone at the enriching and aggrandizement of the Church of Rome! John Ronge: The Holy Coat Of Treves New German-Catholic Chruch 2011-10-12T02:00:44.710Z The authorities of the Talmud severely condemn the practice of usury, and refuse to admit the testimony of usurers in courts of law.**** Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Legal interest rate, 6; by contract, 8; usury forfeits interest. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z He next paid heed to the problem of usury. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z Though they would not condescend to trade for gain, they were prepared to pocket the profits of usury. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z They worked at currying and tanning; but their chief business was usury, harbouring tramps, and receiving stolen goods; all sorts of petty irregular doings. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z In the bulletin of June 21st he blames the "punic faith" of Lord Keith at Genoa, a criticism the Admiral repaid with usury fifteen years later. Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z Legal interest rate, 8; usury forfeits entire interest. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z You may pay it off with usury now," added the Captain, "with no more trouble than telling the story. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z Precisely analogous is Smith's position concerning usury laws. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z I will give up the usury, even the public house! Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z You are a State usury system, a coal fiend and an exchange thief. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Legal interest, 6; by contract, 10; usury forfeits excess of int. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z That these are spiritual bonds and yokes, that are here commanded to be loosed and broken; or if any external be meant, they are only the yokes, of their exactions and usuries. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z For first I came to Houns-Ditch, then round about I creep, Where cruelty was crowned chief and pity fast asleep: Where usury gets profit, and brokers bear the bell. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z You imagine that we live on usury—it lives on us! Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z Loan.—Is it a duty to loan?—The interest of money.—The question of usury.—Duties of creditor and debtor.—Failures and bankruptcies.—The commodate or things loaned for use. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z Legal interest rate, 6; by contract, 10; usury forfeits principal and interest. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z Thereupon he took a distaste for politics, establishing a private agency for nondescript transactions, the least doubtful of which were the arrangements he brought about between spendthrift nobles and their friends who lent upon usury. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Don’t you ever be led on to lending money on usury.” The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z Beyond a certain limit, will not the interest become what we call usury? Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z Legal interest rate, 6; usury forfeits principal and interest. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z The little is much to the frugal and industrious; and the least most to him who puts that little to loving usury. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z There are three forms of usury: interest on money, rent of land and houses, and profit in exchange. Anarchism 2011-07-12T02:00:35.053Z What, pig-iron and usury?—Your opinion of her must advance your addresses admirably. The Heiress; a comedy, in five acts 2011-07-02T02:00:12.813Z This is what is called money interest; and when this interest is or appears excessive, it is called usury. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z Legal interest rate, 6; usury forfeits excess of interest. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z Q. Would it not have the effect of excessive usury? Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z "As soon as individuals should no longer be protected in anything but personal occupancy and cultivation of land, ground-rent would disappear, and so usury have one less leg to stand on." Anarchism 2011-07-12T02:00:35.053Z In this manner he applies the text against usury. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z If sentiment acts upon imagination, we see that imagination returns with usury to sentiment what it gives. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Legal interest rate, 7; by contract, 12; usury forfeits excess. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z I will put my talent to usury, and be no slothful steward of what has been entrusted to me. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z Eighth, by pocket-picking; ninth, by swindling; tenth, by breach of trust; eleventh, by gambling and lotteries.—Twelfth, by usury. Anarchism 2011-07-12T02:00:35.053Z Their religion forbidding usury, they take it out of the fellaheen in cotton. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z Sentiment thereby only borrows from intelligence what it returns with usury. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Legal interest, 7; by contract, 10; usury forfeits interest and cost. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z These cloisters owe nothing to public charities; our walls were not raised by the usury of publicans, nor their foundations laid in base extortion. Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes 2011-04-28T02:00:15.367Z The sin of usury is one under which all are concluded, and for which all are responsible. Anarchism 2011-07-12T02:00:35.053Z Agnolo, the Jew, has a Christian wife, who persuades him instead of putting out his money at usury to lend it to Christ by giving -355-it away in alms. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z There was another pause, and then Thorkell asked what a man should do to set things right in this world if perchance he had taken a little more in usury than was fair and honest. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Legal interest rate, 6; by contract, 8; usury forfeits excess above 6 per cent. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z I happened to have some weightier things to think of than usury and compound interest, as I, indeed, have at this moment. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z He knew that avarice is accompanied with selfishness, and hardness of heart, and falsehood, and mistrust, and usury; and accordingly, all these vices and evil passions are amalgamated with the character of the French miser. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Leave the road, my friend, and put thy money out at usury. The Taming of the Jungle 2011-03-23T02:00:16.887Z The Palestines, by extraordinary usury, at fifty per cent., had possessed themselves of almost all the riches of the country. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Legal interest, 6; by contract, 8; usury forfeits entire interest. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z Nearer to us are Phœnicians, whose god is gold, and whose worship is mere fraud and usury. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z The language employed about "usury" and "increase" in 25th Leviticus, and 23d Deuteronomy, is quite broad enough to embrace and prohibit all profits of capital. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z When he was forty years old he possessed fifty thousand thalers gained by real hard work, determination, uncommon shrewdness, meanness and usury. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z But trickery in contracts was not considered wrong and was not punished by any penalty; and usury was common among them in all transactions. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z Legal interest rate, 10; by contract, any rate; no penalty for usury. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z We pass over her simony, her unheard-of exactions, her open usury, and her new-fangled tricks, which infect the whole world. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z In recent years a new concept of usury in the wide sense has emerged. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z I knew that he was able, bold, determined, and that he had taken with him a large supply of money, borrowed upon usury;—in a word, I trembled for you both. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z "What, sir! do you combine usury with physic?" Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z Legal interest rate, 10; by contract, 18; usury forfeits three times excess of interest. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z The Italians in a few years became as unpopular as their predecessors in the trade of usury, their practices being the same, if their creed was not. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z So viewed, interest, or the price of money, is determined in the same way as the price of any other service; the unjust price, or usury, is an excessive price. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Your usury laws would have to be modified so as to allow discount rates to move freely upwards if required. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z A second explanation is that Islam bans usury. Schumpeter: The crescent and the company 2011-01-27T10:58:13Z Legal interest, 6; usury forfeits thrice the excess. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z Truth to say, they returned you tit for tat, and with usury, to the greater glory of the goddess Aphrodite! The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z At first they were very poor, but afterwards they became comparatively rich, and were in position to lay out a little money at usury. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z That we strongly commend the Comptroller of the Currency for his courageous exposure of bank usury; and we unalterably oppose the efforts of the guilty parties to abolish his office. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z He does perfectly right," said Conrad, firing up, "now that he knows by what a system of usury Berkow drove us to our ruin. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z Legal interest rate, 6; usury forfeits entire interest. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z And if all robbery, usury, unchastity and all the other sins were cast upon one great heap, this sin would overtop it—even at the time and place of seeming greatest silliness. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z The chevalier was said to employ his capital in petty usury. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z He repels thy prayer, and saith: “Restore first that which with fraud and usury thou hast taken from thy neighbor, and then thy pardon shall be ready.” True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z "So that is the usury I am to pay?" said he. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z Legal interest rate, 6; usury forfeits excess of interest. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z Here belong all the teachings about avarice, unrighteous wealth, usury, guile, deceit, injury and hindrance of one's neighbor in temporal things. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z Despite this, because millions are not catered for by many high-street banks, they have no choice but to borrow at usury rates. Letters: Making banks more user-friendly 2010-08-01T23:04:00Z Thus the prohibitions against usury in both religions, a prohibition that is only just below the surface in the reaction to today's crisis. Beware politicians moralising on the sin of indebtedness 2010-06-26T23:05:00Z A year after South Dakota lifted its rate caps, usury rules were relaxed in Delaware, where the credit card businesses of and are based. After writing off record sums in '09, credit card issuers get more selective 2010-05-30T04:00:00Z Legal interest, 5; by contract, 8; usury forfeits entire interest. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z In the Middle Ages, when usury laws banned lenders from charging interest, savvy merchants lent in one currency and took repayment in another, thereby profiting without incurring the wrath of the Catholic Church. Rule No. 1: Make Money by Avoiding Rules 2010-05-22T20:08:00Z The amendment would allow states to set usury caps on the interest rates charged by credit-card issuers located beyond their borders. Senate to vote on state usury limits: Dodd 2010-05-19T17:33:00Z In the Staten Island case, the judge, Philip S. Straniere, said a credit-card company was claiming interest of 28 percent on the balance due, which would be illegal as usury under New York law. New York Judges Resist Suits by Debt Collectors 2010-05-07T14:55:00Z Before the usury laws were doused three decades ago, Pastor O’Connor noted, “banks made money, and people understood the risks and responsibilities of borrowing.” About New York: An Interfaith Push to Tame Credit Card Rates 2010-04-17T00:28:00Z Legal interest rate, 6; by contract, 8; usury forfeits excess of interest. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z As a result, many banks moved their headquarters to states with looser usury laws, such as Delaware, allowing them to bypass limits set in other states. Massachusetts moving money out of 3 big banks to protest credit card rates 2010-04-15T04:00:00Z Supreme Court in 1978 ruled that state usury laws do not apply to banks that are based elsewhere. Senate to vote on state usury limits: Dodd 2010-05-19T17:33:00Z Periodically in our history usury has reared its head and dined on our economy. 2009-12-17T17:00:00Z Our legislature may not be much, but at least they can spend our money without stealing it outright, and they won't charge 24% usury on it either. 2010-01-08T05:00:00Z Legal interest rate, 7; by contract, 10; usury forfeits excess over 10 per cent. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z In the fall, the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization began urging officials from the state Treasury department to tackle the usury issue. Massachusetts moving money out of 3 big banks to protest credit card rates 2010-04-15T04:00:00Z Community banks and other state-chartered lenders must currently comply with their states' usury caps. Senate to vote on state usury limits: Dodd 2010-05-19T17:33:00Z It was asserted by many that the foundation of Woolgar's fortune lay in usury—money lent to his fellow-workers at an enormous rate of interest—but whether this was true or not no one knew. Capricious Caroline But it is my opinion that he made the greater part of his wealth by lending out money to usury. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 Legal interest, 7; by contract, 12; usury forfeits excess of interest. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z It is a confused spectacle of various effort and passion—men sailing, fighting, ploughing, lending at usury, suing in the law-courts. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius That point having been settled, they passed to the second membrum of the Stralsund judgment; namely, whether the conditions stipulated for by my father were tainted with usury? Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster For example, it insisted meticulously upon the right of labour to glean and upon the seller giving a "full measure brimming over," and it prohibited usury. The Salvaging Of Civilisation Tradesfolk and craftsmen did vie with each other in Jewish roguery: exacted usury: sucked the sweat of the poor peasant's brow by all manner of chicanery and over-reaching. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim Legal interest, 6; by contract, 6; usury forfeits excess of interest. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z If the siege lingered long, the high prices were followed by shameless usury, the millers ground only for the rich, and the bakers made exorbitant demands. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. The Emperor, Charles V., received the most solid support from these powerful firms, as their interests were generally concurrent with his; with the people, however, "Fuggerei" became the common term for usury. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. "So I was glad for every moment he had with you—glad enough, even, to endure the thought of what it might ultimately cost him in the usury of heartache." The Tempering Do not our usury laws take some rights from the individual? The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 Legal interest rate, 6; by contract, 10; usury forfeits entire interest. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z They were more prosperous in trade and usury since the Westphalian peace, indeed a splendid prospect had opened for them. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. He wins on the cards, he profits by usury, he shares with the sharpers. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 You do not know him? you do not know the father of Mademoiselle Costanza, that horrid savage, Monsieur Riccardo, who has grown rich by usury, and has no idol but his money? The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Even the dogs cannot endure the odor of usury that hangs about him; just see--all the dogs bark at him. The Progressionists, and Angela. Legal interest rate, 8; by contract, 10; usury forfeits principal and interest. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z It is true that you are our masters, but we know how to repay with usury, anything like cruelty or ill-treatment. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. All fraud and deceit was abhorred, and all usury forbidden. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs What will you do with the condemnation of God—“Thou has taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbor’s by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God?” Weighed and Wanting Addresses on the Ten Commandments The Lamas, invested with the major part of the currency, by the voluntary donations of the faithful, centruple their fortunes by usury that puts even Chinese knavery to the blush. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 Legal interest rate, 6; usury forfeits excess of interest. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z The principal means for stifling the liberty of the people were—money and usury. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State "As you would receive, show mercy," says Chrysostom; "make God your debtor that you may receive again with usury." Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs They love to let their eyes range over a rich and swelling scene of woodland and prairie; for they are the landscape-gardeners of usury—they are the Hobbimas and Berghems of the law. Jack Hinton The Guardsman Those terrible traditions of exorbitant interest, those fatal compacts with usury, that had made Fagan's name so dreadfully notorious in Ireland, were all unknown to Gabriac. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience Legal interest, 8; by contract, 12; usury forfeits entire interest. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z After the sale of commodities for money came the borrowing of money, resulting in interest and usury. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State It consists of certain discourses at the Sorbonne, of memoirs on various political occasions, of some letters on usury, of articles in the Encyclopædia, of which the most noteworthy is one on endowments, etc. A Short History of French Literature The heavy artillery from the wall had repaid its ineffectual fire with ample usury. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Better for him had it been to submit to any usury than, with his weak temper, to become the debtor of Michael Sinson. Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. Legal interest, 7; by contract, 10; usury forfeits excess of interest. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z But the new social power was upon them and neither pious wishes nor a longing for the return of the good old times could drive money and usury from the face of the earth. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State I owe the dogs a turn, for the heavy usury they exacted of me when I needed much ready money to make my courtyard and fountains. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa You evidently entertain the old prejudice that bribery is a bad thing, just as a little while ago usury was regarded to be. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Thus Deuteronomy explicitly says, 'You shall not lend in usury to your brother, but only to strangers'—remark well this, 'but only to strangers.' The Silver Cross or The Carpenter of Nazareth Legal interest, 7; by contract, 10; usury forfeits entire interest. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z I pray you, let us leave off this usury. The Bible Story Moses held on, upon one year's cutting of lumber, perfectly determined that lumber should rise, because it ought to; and Moses paid very high usury on the money he borrowed, because he would hold on. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories And the usury, little woman, it troubles me, the usury! Seeds of Pine The use of intoxicating drinks is strictly prohibited, hospitality is recommended, gambling and usury are not allowed. Reminiscences The Story of an Emigrant Legal interest rate, 6; by contract, 10; usury forfeits 10 per cent. per year on amount. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them, 'Ye exact usury, everyone of his brother.' The Bible Story Dry Rot advances at a compound usury quite incalculable. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time The Church steps forward, and under the name of usury forbids indiscriminately the lending of money at interest, sales on credit, monopolies, and in general all profits exceeding the justum pretium. The Stages in the Social History of Capitalism And it is my opinion, that thy soul-destroying usury is not regarded more favourably by the saints, than my trifle of pleasure in love and murder. Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 All these forms of evasion are easily adopted with very little possibility of conviction, even when usury is charged. Rural Health and Welfare And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and corn on usury. The Bible Story Nothing develops more rapidly than a tear, and one which is neglected at the moment must later be repaired with usury.” Book Repair and Restoration Ever watchful of the spiritual welfare of his people, Nehemiah instituted reforms in the matter of Sabbath-keeping, and of usury, and of idolatrous intermarriages with the people of the land. Training the Teacher In regard to the bonds issued by the late republic for double the amount of the original contracts, he thinks that between private individuals such would be void on account of usury. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 It is the truth that I lent money at a high rate of interest; but it is a foul calumny to accuse me of deceitful usury. Weird Tales, Vol. II. They are epitomized by the two words “army usury” and “money marriages.” A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day Dead, I'd bury with him my revenge; But while he lives the old account will stand At daily usury. The Scarlet Stigma A Drama in Four Acts It would appear that in New York, at least, the practice of the most audacious usury was an early and favorite means of acquiring the property of others. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times But where all is given I give it back with usury. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) It may be practically useful to us, it may be good for others, or good for usury to obtain more; but, in itself, once let it be thoroughly familiar, and it is dead. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) Then he made them sign a covenant that they would not charge usury. Men of the Bible It was a state of things that opened wide the doors for usury in grain, a practice in which the rich nobility likewise led. Woman under socialism Of course, the poor with their cheap possessions seldom owned anything on which they could get more than $25; consequently they were the victims of the most grinding legalized usury. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times Thus it is, too, in the other temptations and trials of life, when Satan drives men into sin and disobedience against God's commandment, into such sins as avarice, usury, anger, revengefulness, unchastity, and other vices. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent After many days, it shall return with usury. Collected Poems Volume Two I believe that the reason we are in such a wretched state in this country to-day is on account of crowding the poor, and getting such a large amount of money for usury. Men of the Bible In consideration of this usury of grain the domestic soil was kept from cultivation. Woman under socialism If usury obtains at all under the Socialist State, if inexorable repayments are to be made in certain cases, it will, I conceive, be a State monopoly. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism Refusing to accept him whom God gave and in whom he promised all blessings, they necessarily lost their daily bread from God, except as they rebelliously extort it by usury and wickedness. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent Cast we now our bread upon the waste wild waters; After many days it shall return with usury. Collected Poems Volume Two There is a great amount of usury, and see where we are to-day! Men of the Bible The most general origin of those slaveries were interest and usury. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century How far it will permit or countenance usury is another question altogether. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism If you consider it a disgrace to be punished, then consider it also no honor to rob, steal, practice usury and do public wrong; you disgrace yourself by dishonoring God's commandment. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent It is a crime or misdemeanor which should be prosecuted like negro slavery or usury. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study There had never been what you would call, or Miss Bacchus would certainly call, usury. Love and Lucy Their business and contracts were for the greater part illegal, filled with usury, interest, and tricks; for each one thought only of increasing his own profits, and paid no attention to his nearest relatives. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century The plea of usury is always disgraceful, even if true, especially where the security was negotiable to bearer and had passed, for full value, into the hands of bona fide holders. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy He will lend his money on usury, and when he has none to lend, will play the jackal to some money-lion, and get a large share of the spoil for himself. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 Medi�val and other theorisers on usury have been laughed at for their arguments as to the 'unnatural' nature of usurious gain, and its consequent evil. Sir Walter Scott Famous Scots Series That was usufruct; but usury was a different thing. Love and Lucy Now that he could see his little plantation grow and prosper beneath his hands, every hour repaid with nature's usury, he began to feel the elation that a man finds in independence. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas "I do not mean," answered the parson, "that you should lend it to me on usury, but gratis." The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. The bank itself practised a kind of usury, and advanced only sixty per cent. of the face value of notes issued by the Imperial Bank of Russia. England and Germany He battens, even like a Tammany chief, on political jobbery, on extortion, on usury. The Book of Khalid He became very rich by usury, afterwards he lost his money and committed suicide. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero He added that the debt would be paid to him and with usury, should Philip conduct himself in his administration of the province with a wise and affectionate regard to their true interests.... The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index A clergyman preaching against lending money on usury, asserted it to be as great a sin as murder. The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. His companions accuse him of miserliness and usury. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal The canon law against usury was extended so as to include the Jews. Memorials of Old London Volume I To avoid the punishment of usury, what is given above twelve per cent. is in the shape of a bonus. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton Learning paid back what it received to nobility and to priesthood; and paid it with usury, by enlarging their ideas and by furnishing their minds. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 "What!" said the other, "after declaring your opinion that to lend money on usury, was as bad as murder?" The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. Had she followed its sequence more steadily many things would have been made manifest to her which she only came to know later, paying for the knowledge with a usury of experience and suffering. The Roof Tree It would be hard in the history of usury to come across the well-ascertained details of a more grasping, griping usurer. The Life of Cicero Volume II. It is quite true that the temples were great landowners, and had steady incomes, and possessed treasuries; but there is no evidence that they lent on usury. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters Whose soul in usury disdains His treasure to employ; Whom no reward can ever bribe The guiltless to destroy. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul A man of one talent, he put it out to usury, and it multiplied under the mighty hand of God, so that during his long itinerant ministry, multitudes were led to the Saviour. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement He had heard that she complained of his usuries, that he had taken advantage of her misfortunes, that he was a hard and cruel man. The Brass Bound Box If you are miserly, injuring your neighbor by usury, by overcharging, by false wares and fraudulent business, you have permitted the world and your own flesh to overcome you for a penny. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost It allows usury, and the passing of children through the fire to Moloch. Hebrew Literature Outside the land monopoly, the most infamous source of usury is unquestionably the so-called 'National Debt.' British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals Islam also enforces the law of usury among its followers. India, Its Life and Thought They claimed that if they should accept our seeds we would come again and claim our own with usury. Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements It is partly the result of covetousness: Antonio has hindered him of half a million; and, when Antonio is gone there will be no limit to the gains of usury. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) “The Middle Gate” treats of laws of usury and trusts, of letting out on hire, of landlord and tenant, etc. Hebrew Literature "Property, after having robbed the labourer by usury, murders him slowly by starvation." British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals As in other countries, their laws respecting debt and usury underwent some changes, according as society advanced, and as pecuniary transactions became more complicated. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The Jew Samuel kept the hundred thousand piasters he had received, and continued his usuries at the expense of the Limanian nobles. The Pearl of Lima A Story of True Love I would allude to the medieaval prohibition “to sell time” as one of the chief grounds of the prohibition of usury. Principles Of Political Economy Bentham appends to it a respectful letter to Adam Smith, who had supported the laws against usury inconsistently with his own general principles. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. Is it a question of usury or interest? British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals There can be no doubt that usury laws and the opinion that sustains them sprang from the false theory, according to which money was regarded, not as value, but merely as the measure of value. A Manual of Moral Philosophy Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall exact usury of thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature Without this it would not prevent or avoid idleness, usury or over-population. Principles Of Political Economy But you note that my rate of usury is small, the time long, and that I want these settlers to stay. Winning the Wilderness Also, the banks, instead of lending their funds gratis to Socialist corporations, are heartless enough to demand interest "usury" on their loans. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals “I have always believed,” she began, “that to sell anything for more than its value was something as horrid as—as usury.” A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories I have not lent on usury, neither have men lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me. Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature I have not lent upon usury, nor any to me, Yet all of them curse me. Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 They were pronounced to be citizens like other men; but they could not exact higher interest than five per cent., while if they should demand over ten they should be punished for usury. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) Against this newly risen demon of authorized usury, Holbein and Botticelli went out to war together. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving Debt, usury, and slavery began to bear fruits before the conquest of Italy. Ancient States and Empires For one so ignorant of usury, this was not bad. Jonah and Co. I was shown this chiefly by the pamphlets issued by Mr. W. C. Sillar, though I greatly regret the impatience which causes Mr. Sillar to regard usury as the radical crime in political economy. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing He has therefore let it out at large usury. Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures They were thus at last put out to usury, after many years of gathering "rust" in hoarded idleness and uselessness. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God Stone carried all that he could, at enormous usury, I understand, and let some of his banker friends in on the rest; and I suppose the banks paid him a rake-off. The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man Indeed, we find several Popes upbraiding them "for maintaining that usury is not a sin." The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church It was generally believed by the other classes that the wealth of the merchants could only be accounted for by deceit, usury, and sharp dealing. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe The "Grey Town Observer," at one time the property of Michael O'Connor, was now Ebenezer Brown's, won by usury. Grey Town An Australian Story The affair is, however, only regarded as valid upon the ground of necessity; and thus exacting more than the interest allowed by law is not deemed usury. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Was not one hour passed with him then a payment with rich usury for all the little concessions his genius required? My Recollections of Lord Byron But the usury they so widely practiced evidenced an unorthodox doctrine on thievery, which made them liable to be suspected of heresy. The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church Mill still held to competition, to the full liberty of individuals, to the inevitable mechanical working of economic laws; he still doubted the expediency of factory legislation, and condemned any laws in restraint of usury. Studies in Literature and History Will the Lord at His coming receive His own with usury? The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan He who gives freely is wont to repay with usury. St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh Here the boy was reared in splendour and refinement, and instructed in the intricacies of banking, usury—in short, in finance. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg Aunt Joyce laughed, and paid Edith back her hug with usury. Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall There were no laws limiting the rate of interest, and the rich lent to the poor at extravagant rates of usury. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality He claimed to be the Prophet of God, and preached piety and righteousness, and recommended chiefly that his followers should protect the weak, the poor, and the women, and to abstain from usury. Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing Let Stanley now tell the story, for it is an illustration of the way he combated the usury and cunning of the Congo native. An African Adventure No longer does he crawl to the church to buy pardon for usury. The Job An American Novel For usury and lending upon interest were forbidden by the Church, but trafficking was lawful and permitted. The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche And Child Life in Town and Country But it was impossible for any one to make head or tail out of this welter of interest, commissions, indemnities, and usury. The Goose Man It seems as though He repented of the suffering He has caused to the soul of His beloved, or that He would pay back with usury what she has suffered for His love. Spiritual Torrents Law suits and usury ate up the rest; and, for these eight years past, old Bassus has been penniless, and often cold, and always hungry. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 In other contracts we find the slave taking a mortgage and trading in onions and grain or employing his money in usury. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs "Interest on investments" was a species of tax on industry which a person possessing or inheriting money was then able to levy, in spite of all the efforts to put down usury. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics The law against usury can protect those who know enough to apply it, but the poor man remains unprovided with any satisfactory means of negotiating a loan. Friendly Visiting among the Poor A Handbook for Charity Workers His words are to be taken literally; all that He promises He gives with usury. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World "I have defrauded no one, I have taken no money upon usury, I have been true to the living, true to the dead." Floyd Grandon's Honor Liabilities of publicans—impounding cattle—dog act—usury law. The History of Tasmania, Volume I For a time the money capital formed by means of usury and commerce was prevented from conversion into industrial capital, in the country by feudalism, in the towns by the guilds. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics Habib, frightened himself, repented, and, as a pledge of the reality of his conversion, vowed to abandon the practice of usury. Mystics and Saints of Islam There was, indeed, one outlet for financial activity—usury, and therein virtually all the scant fluid capital of the old Orient was employed. The New World of Islam Beyond question he had not that intimate acquaintance with the technique of usury which long use alone can give. A History of the United States They complained bitterly of the usury, to which their produce bore no comparison; and incessantly invoked the legislature to limit the exactions of money-lenders. The History of Tasmania, Volume I Only, if ye will listen to me, afterwards, before ye give them up, beat them with rods in the market-place, and so take usury for the delay of payment. Stories From Livy If you make up your mind to put your florins out to usury, you can let me know to-morrow. Romola In India there were several elements such as the Parsis and the Hindu "banyas," or money-lenders, whose previous activities in commerce or usury predisposed them to financial and industrial activity in the modern sense. The New World of Islam Nearer to us are Phoenicians, whose god is gold, and whose worship is mere fraud and usury. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt The Huskisson Act applied the laws of England to the colony, and thus it became a question whether the English interest of 5 per cent. were not the limit of lawful usury. The History of Tasmania, Volume I He keeps his oath at all costs, His money he puts not out to usury, And cannot be bribed to injure the innocent. The Children's Bible No department of knowledge ever contributes to another without receiving its own again with usury—witness the reciprocal favors of Biology and Sociology. Natural Law in the Spiritual World And thus the poor farmers soon had to work for nothing, all their sweat and labor going with usury into the pockets of the tradesmen. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 If the account could not be balanced now, the obligation was treasured up for a time to come—and, when least expected, the debtor came, and paid with usury! Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States England had, however, abrogated usury laws, and left the value of money to be determined by the ordinary relations of supply and demand. The History of Tasmania, Volume I How can the strangers who come from the land of the Gentiles to worship God perform their devotions in this tumult of usury? King of the Jews A story of Christ's last days on Earth For this high usury each of our lives, however small may seem our capital, was given us by God. Natural Law in the Spiritual World She wanted to pay him with usury for his cool, hard disdain. The Highgrader Then bribery was unborn, No simony men did use; Christians did usury scorn, Devised among the Jews. English Songs and Ballads For the last time in these colonies application was made by the settlers for a law to restrict the amount of usury. The History of Tasmania, Volume I |
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