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.
it has historical reasons
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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
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because money-lending was considered a low profession then.
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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
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they invented modern day financial system anyway.
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