ABSTRACT
During and since the war data have been compiled showing the debt and investment position and the income and outgo transactions of most of the nations of Europe and of many other countries as well. This chapter will cite some of the more important examples of the work done in the United States, Canada, and certain countries of Europe, and will show the purposes they were intended to serve. 1 The range of special problems thus covered has been extensive and varied, for during these 14 years the world has experienced practically all of the ills to which a pecuniarily organized society is subject. As a result, the need for more systematic studies of the accounts has been emphasized and recognized much more clearly than in the pre-war period.
