On Tue, 1 Nov 2016 15:20:09 +0100 Louigi Verona <louigi.verona@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What's wrong with interest applied? I understand that many people > believe interest to be "unfair", but usually it is because people > don't understand the economics of it. Interest is a tool, just like a > price. It is a price for future money. Price can be unfair sometimes, > but price as a concept is not. Interest in itself is also not unfair. > > This interest doesn't always happen, actually. No interest with debit > cards, no interest on credit cards if you return money quickly. Yes. It is rather about the principle in itself. When does it come to be usury ? In other words, taking advantage of someone who has misfortune. No need to be christian or muslim, this goes back to ancient India. At a larger level, with countries, it becomes in some cases a form of colonization. Much can be said about this, but by far it exceeds the context of this mailing list. -- NP: "L'autore del futuro" - Deux ex Machina - live October 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-1gihsMiKc _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user