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Which would mean that much much less of it would get done, which is not a clear win.

I agree with that. Seeing more of this thread, I would clarify that I agree that interest rewards people for accepting risk in addition to temporarily losing the use of their money, and I support that.

I just want to point out that the phenomenon of interest-free lending as charity is a real one.

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