Abstract
The following contribution is the attempt to touch upon some fundamental questions for a reliable ethical diagnosis of what can be called the economic context of our epoch. For this purpose, we will consider a well-known concept within the medieval economics in light of its modern reappropriation against the backdrop of transformative ethics: the meant concept is usury; the meant reappropriation is that of Ezra Pound. For reasons of space, the single steps will merely hint at ethical questions that require a much more careful investigation. Within these limits, the essay will therefore analyze certain traits of our current economic context while reconsidering its ethical dimension in the light of the concept of usury. The framework within which this analysis will be conducted is that of transformative ethics.