Exactly!

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Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 9:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [Pen-l] A Humorous Lesson in Financial Etymology

Especially mother Fugger!
On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 8:38 PM, michael perelman 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Public disgust with bankers is nothing new.  In the fifteenth and
sixteenth century the most powerful banking family, which took over
much of power and influence of the Medicis.  Their name, Fugger,
became a slang word associated with rapacious behavior

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