usury

The not-quite-pure free-markets man supported usury laws to set a maximum rate of interest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Gabriel Solano, leader of the Workers' Party, filed a criminal complaint last week against Marcos Galperin, CEO of Mercado Libre, for usury.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Other pages on his site appear to criticise "fiat money" - commonly used currencies as opposed to gold and digital tokens like Bitcoin - and usury, the charging of interest on loans.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2023

In recent years, 17 states have brought back strong usury limits, capping interest rates and effectively prohibiting payday lending.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023

It was how Jackson got locals to trust him instead of the banks, even though his rates were straight usury as well.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

Their usuries, which had hitherto been counted dishonest gain, were henceforth to be honorable, and they esteemed as patriots.

From Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View by Calvin Elliott

That these are spiritual bonds and yokes, that are here commanded to be loosed and broken; or if any external be meant, they are only the yokes, of their exactions and usuries.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields

He had heard that she complained of his usuries, that he had taken advantage of her misfortunes, that he was a hard and cruel man.

From The Brass Bound Box by Diantha W. Horne

Merchants and dealers, shorn of their usual accommodations, are compelled to borrow at ruinous usuries, or to fail to meet their payments.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various