Money Earning Money "Unnatural"
Aristotle believed that charging interest was "unnatural", condemning it ruthlessly on several occasions:
Aristotle believed that charging interest was immoral because money is not productive. If you allow someone to use your orchard, he argued, the orchard bears fruit every year - it is productive - and from this product the person can pay you rent. But money, Aristotle thought, is merely a medium of exchange. When you loan someone money, he receives no value over and above the money itself. The money does not create more money-it is barren. On