Usury: The Crime of the Ages.

 ...came into being around 1500, when the German Fugger family persuaded the Pope to begin to allow usury, a practice which quickly spread. This practice assured that, gradually, all the wealth of society would inevitably accrue to the bankers, especially when they gained the privilege of creating paper money or book-entry credits "out of thin air" and then lending it at interest.

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