Throughout history, unscrupulous and greedy people have taken advantage of vulnerable individuals. Without good legislation and enforcement, usury spreads rapidly in a society. Charging interest on loans dates back several thousands of years. However, in 16th century England limits were placed on how ...
is a language that has always beenomnivorous1, taking words from other languages toenrich2its own vocabulary. English has taken the wordspyjamas3from Hindi to describe the loose clothes you may wear when you go to bed, croissant from French to describe a particular kind of sweet bread roll, ...