Add to ORKGThis paper considers the relevance of the Christian prohibition of usury for investment decisions concerning companies with exposure to sub-prime lending. It surveys relevant biblical, patristic, medieval and Reformation texts, and argues that the central moral concern relating to usury was exploitation of those who were economicall
This written work deals with the meaning of the terms usury and interest over the course of time fro...
International audienceWhereas literature on Thomas Aquinas’s doctrine of usury has tended to focus o...
Interest has long been outlawed, as we all know, and most monotheist religions agree on this restric...
The development of capital markets in medieval Europe was shaped for centuries by the religious ban ...
‘Where law or conscientious scruples prevent lending at interest, the capital which belongs to perso...
International audienceTheorizing interest in Scholastic economic thought can be viewed as a by-produ...
Vita.The concept of usury is found in Western man's earliest writings on ethical principles, e.g. th...
Today usury consists in lending money at excessive rate of interest. At the threshold of the sixteen...
What were the economic consequences of the usury doctrine in the Middle Ages?� We examine how mercha...
Although credit markets affect the welfare of everyone in a modern economy, there is cause for spec...
Catholic Church’s usury restrictions and their effects on business life have long attracted scholars...
This paper presents a historical investigation of usury in the context of the development of credit ...
We live in a world which has for all practical purposes, abandoned religious foundations in its econ...
Islamic banking has attracted attention as a possible source of inspiration for ethical renewal in t...
The Hebrew Bible prohibits lending at interest. This is usually linked to care for the poor. A simil...
This written work deals with the meaning of the terms usury and interest over the course of time fro...
International audienceWhereas literature on Thomas Aquinas’s doctrine of usury has tended to focus o...
Interest has long been outlawed, as we all know, and most monotheist religions agree on this restric...
The development of capital markets in medieval Europe was shaped for centuries by the religious ban ...
‘Where law or conscientious scruples prevent lending at interest, the capital which belongs to perso...
International audienceTheorizing interest in Scholastic economic thought can be viewed as a by-produ...
Vita.The concept of usury is found in Western man's earliest writings on ethical principles, e.g. th...
Today usury consists in lending money at excessive rate of interest. At the threshold of the sixteen...
What were the economic consequences of the usury doctrine in the Middle Ages?� We examine how mercha...
Although credit markets affect the welfare of everyone in a modern economy, there is cause for spec...
Catholic Church’s usury restrictions and their effects on business life have long attracted scholars...
This paper presents a historical investigation of usury in the context of the development of credit ...
We live in a world which has for all practical purposes, abandoned religious foundations in its econ...
Islamic banking has attracted attention as a possible source of inspiration for ethical renewal in t...
The Hebrew Bible prohibits lending at interest. This is usually linked to care for the poor. A simil...
This written work deals with the meaning of the terms usury and interest over the course of time fro...
International audienceWhereas literature on Thomas Aquinas’s doctrine of usury has tended to focus o...
Interest has long been outlawed, as we all know, and most monotheist religions agree on this restric...