it has historical reasons

Jews were banned from owning land from early on in Europe, which led them to take up professions other peole were not willing to follow.  Plus there was a very story social stigma against lending money and charging interests among the Christian majority back then.  

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• 在中世纪的欧洲， 犹太人放印子钱谋取利息是教皇特许的。 其他的人不能干 -may1995- ♀ (293 bytes) () 12/31/2013 postreply 13:32:38

• because money-lending was considered a low profession then. -tiantianlu02- ♀ (59 bytes) () 12/31/2013 postreply 13:38:38

• 天主教要做什一奉献， 怎么可能把钱借给别人来赚钱？ 这和他们的价值理念 -may1995- ♀ (413 bytes) () 12/31/2013 postreply 13:44:38

• they invented modern day financial system anyway. -tiantianlu02- ♀ (62 bytes) () 12/31/2013 postreply 13:55:10