Interest, he says in general, is the barometer of the state, and its lowness an almost infallible sign of prosperity, arising, as it does, from increased trade, frugality in the merchant class, and the consequent rise of new lenders: low interest and low profits mutually forward each other.
frugality הגייה עם משמעויות, מילים נרדפות, הפכים, תרגומים, משפטים ועוד