The position of debtors was further strengthened by the prohibition of usury – charging unreasonably high interest on money. Interest-rate caps were abolished in Britain only in 1835; the near-zero central-bank rates prevailing since 2009 are a current example of efforts to protect borrowers.
禁止高利贷进一步强化了债务人的立场。在英国，利率上限直到1835年才被取消；2009年以来央行普遍采取了近零利率则是保护债务人的最新例子。