The Credit Card

A credit corresponding to his share of the annual product of the nation is given to every citizen on the public books at the beginning of each year, and a credit card issued him with which he procures at the public storehouses, found in every community, whatever he desires whenever he desires it.

Dr. Leete Looking Backward: 2000–1887 (1888) by Edward Bellamy

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Context: Dr. Leete explains how goods are distributed in a world without money.

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Source: Chapter 9

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