Interest is the cost of money.

Submitted by Prashant (United States), Dec 30, 2021 at 15:02

Dear Dr Pipes, Everything has a cost or price. Thank goodness that everything can be exchanged for a cost or price. Interest is fully moral and it is the cost of money. Simple.

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