In Defence of 'Demand' Deposits: Contractual Solutions to the Barnett and Block, and Bagus and Howden Debate

• Published in: Journal of business ethics Vol. 124; no. 2; pp. 351 - 364
• Main Author: Evans, Anthony J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.10.2014; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Assets; Bank accounts; Bank assets; Bank fraud; Bank liabilities; Bank liquidity; Bank loans; Bank reserves; Banking; Banking industry; Banks; Business and Management; Business Ethics; Central banks; Checking accounts; Conceptualization; Contracts; Deposit accounts; Education; Ethics; Fractional reserve banking; Fraud; Illegitimacy; Management; Philosophy; Quality of Life Research; Reserve requirements; Studies; Time deposits; Fractional reserve banking; Time deposits; Banking; 100 % Reserve requirement; Demand deposits; Fraud; Maturity mismatching

This article contributes to a recent debate between Barnett and Block (J Bus Ethics 88(4): 711–716, 2009), Bagus and Howden (J Bus Ethics 90(3): 399–406, 2009), Barnett and Block (J Bus Ethics 100: 299–238, 2011), Cachanosky (J Bus Ethics 104: 219–221, 2011) and Bagus and Howden (J Bus Ethics 106: 2...