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Mike Hearn on July 2, 2006 - 1:59pm

That article on the history of interest is, well, interesting. I had no idea that it started as a means of sharing the results of natures reproductive ability.

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smekhovo on July 2, 2006 - 4:26pm

That gives point to the Shakespearean horror at usury as a "breed of barren metal".

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