Category: Economics

Social Comptabilism The Cheque and Clearing Service in the Austrian Postal Savings Bank. Proposed Law laid before the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium

Would it be possible, in a society constituted as ours is, to replace the agency of money by another agency which would have its advantages without its inconveniences, and which could be considered as theoretically perfect,--in other words would it be possible to replace the a...

Chapters

1. Part 1

Would it be possible, in a society constituted as ours is, to replace the agency of money by another agency which would have its advantages without its inconveniences, and which...

2. Part 2

Let the State then enlarge to the utmost degree possible the power of these banks to issue such notes or cheque books; let these be authorised to accept mortgages, deposits and...

3. Part 3

A savings bank like that of Vienna having at its command the powerful lever of the postal service, combining in a few years with singular ability, the centralization of the acco...

4. Part 4

1886 17,916 florins 1887 23,370 » 1888 1,013,478 » 1889 1,072,812 » 1890 1,511,822 » 1891 2,303,012 » 1892 2,740,125 » 1893 2,623,893 » 1894 3,001,165 » 1895 4,301,265 »

5. Part 5

All this formidable account keeping is done strictly day by day. Three hundred employés are working at it constantly. Special employés who have acquired an extraordinary ability...

6. Part 6

The rate of interest for savings deposits, which is never to exceed 3 per cent per annum, after having been placed before the special Council (art. 1) will be fixed by the Minis...

7. Part 7

For making use of the Orders' (Cheque and Clearing) Service, besides the fees at present existing--under which are included the fee of 2 kreutzers the cheque, already fixed by §...

8. Part 8

The price of this purchase will be entered to the debit of the depositor's account as repayment; the bonds bought will remain under the care of the Post Office Savings Bank and...

9. Part 9

But who can hide the fact that we have yet much progress to make, or how far we are behind certain nations such as England. We may judge of it by the collected statistics given...