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"The Review of Economic Studies"

To the Editor of the CRIMSON:

I should like to call the attention of your readers to a project which is being undertaken by a group of advanced students in economics in London.

We are proposing to publish a specialized journal to be known as "The Review of Economic Studies" which shall have as its primary object the encouragement and coordination of work done by research students in all English speaking countries. The need for such a medium of expression has, I believe, long been apparent. It is often true that students who have not acquired sufficient reputation to warrant their sending articles to the existing professional journals simply do not bother to write down their ideas. It is also true that ideas can often only be ordered and clarified by being written down carefully and painstakingly. It is in large part to furnish an incentive to advanced students to work their thoughts out on paper and to prepare them for publication to a critical group of readers that the "Review of Economic Studies" is being founded. Other objects, however, are contemplated which it is hoped will prove helpful to both teachers and students in the field of economics. We hope to be able to assist in the work of bringing students in different Universities working on the same or allied subjects into touch with one another; and, last but not least, we intend to publish translations of important articles in foreign languages which are not readily accessible to English-speaking economists. For example, the first number, which it is hoped will appear in October, will probably contain a translation of an article by a well-known Italian economist, while in later issues it is hoped to include, among others, examples of the very important work which has been going forward in Sweden since the 1890's, and which is only very inadequately recognized in England and America.

It is obvious, of course, that this undertaking cannot be a success unless it has the support and cooperation of students and teachers in the field of economics. We are most anxious to have contributions of articles or shorter notes for publication from the advanced students and younger economists at Harvard; and we are also anxious to extend our circulation so as to include as many American economists as possible. The subscription charge for one year has been set at 7 shillings (about $1.40 at present rates of exchange).

All contributions for publication, subscriptions or inquiries should be addressed to The Secretary, Review of Economic Studies, London School of Economics, Houghton St., London W. C. 2. Paul M. Sweezy '31.