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Financial historian and Reuters commentator Edward Chancellor explores the long history of interest, tracing it back to ancient Mesopotamia, and warns of the financial instability caused by years of low interest rates, arguing that ultra-low rates following the 2008 banking crash benefitted bankers and financiers rather than ordinary individuals.
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