Large sums were paid for the use of money, because the available amount of gold and silver was far less than was needed to carry on the commercial transactions of the times.
Here's the plan. We get the warhead and we hold the world ransom for... ONE MILLION DOLLARS!
I was associated with a woman who I was involved with and had a relationship with. She asked for money. I felt as though I was being blackmailed or there was some sort of extortion.
The demand for money is regulated entirely by its value, and its value by its quantity.
A great Want of Money in any Trading Country, occasions Interest to be at a very high Rate… it is impossible by any Laws to restrain Men from giving and receiving exorbitant Interest, where Money is suitably scarce: For he that wants Money will find out Ways
As Ludwig von Mises conclusively demonstrated in 1912, money does not and cannot originate by order of the State or by some sort of social contract agreed upon by all citizens; it must always originate in the processes of the free market.
Nevermind what you normally would do. Just cough up your goddam buck like everyone else.
To have an 18-year-old coming to you demanding money before he's even played - that has got to be frustrating for a manager to deal with.
Look, you're here to see me, and I can't go on until my dealer is here, and he's waiting to be paid, so give me some money so I can fix up, and then you'll get your show.
