Lending money at interest was identified with “usury,” or making money from money rather than from goods and services – a distinction that goes back to Aristotle, for whom money was barren.
Se identificaba préstamo de dinero con interés con la “usura”, es decir hacer dinero con dinero y no con bienes o servicios, distinción que se remonta a Aristóteles, para quien el dinero era algo yermo.