This was said to show Jews were insolent, greedy usurers. Many of them were money changers and usurers. Usurers, through the courts, could buy, sell, and execute the debtors. As praetor, he expelled usurers from Sardinia. Similarly, Auguste Blanqui commented in his correspondence on Jews as being usurers and "Shylocks". The crisis further exacerbated a black market run by well-connected usurers. Malynes was impressed with the effects of usurers on the poorer classes. Manifest usurers were added to the list of those under disability.