For Turgot, as sum of money delivered immediately and the promise of the same amount of money at some future date could not possibly have the same value. Time preference explains why Aristotle was wrong. Interest is the difference in monetary values across time, the rate at which present consumption is exchanged for future consumption. Interest represents the time value of money.
-Edward Chancellor, The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest
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