Quentin Matsys (1464-1530), A Moneylender
and his Wife
, c. 1514 (Paris,Louvre)

 

By Stephen Zarlenga, Director, American Monetary Institute
and author of Der Mythos Vom Geld - Die Geschichte Der Macht.

Early Loans and Interest

The Ancient Oriental System

Solon's Reform

Aristotle's View

The Scholastics

The Church's Condemnation

How Capitalism Viewed Interest

20th Century Developments