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434:...the need of an economic journal has long been felt in England. Every other country in which economic studies are pursued with great activity offers facilities for the publication of thorough scientific work... Englishmen (however)...are sometimes compelled to give their views to the world in the columns of a foreign periodical, or as a publication of the American Economic Association; but more frequently they put it aside till an opportunity should offer for working it out more fully and publishing it as a book; and that opportunity too often does not come. 166: 511:(1845–1926). Edgeworth held a chair in economics at King's College London in 1888, and was appointed Drummond Professor of Political Economy at Oxford University in 1891. Despite his academic credentials, Edgeworth admitted the difficulty of establishing the new journal. He noted that after his appointment as editor: 485:
The founding members decided that an economic society should be created that was open to all those with an interest in economics, be they politicians, policy makers, scholars or laymen. The journal would follow a similar attitude of tolerance, publishing work from all areas of economic science with
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His words attracted around 200 people to the opening meeting of the Association, a demonstration of both the growing interest in economic science in England and the consensus that there was a need for a publication to represent this field in Britain. In response to this overwhelming support, the
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Early issues of the journal indicate the meticulous efforts of the editors to adhere to this promise. Amongst the articles published in the early issues of the Journal were papers expressing socialist, individualist and Ruskinian views. The early insistence on publishing high quality works with
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The most opposite doctrines may meet here as on a fair field...Opposing theories of currency will be represented with equal impartiality. Nor will it be attempted to prescribe the method, any more than the result, of scientific
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I wrote to Marshall asking advice on every small difficulty which arose, until he protested that, if the correspondence was to go on at that rate, he would have to use envelopes with my address printed on
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in 1902). One of the central aims of the new society was to create a forum through which British economic research could be published. In a circular sent out before the inaugural meeting,
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Between the years of 1886 and 1890 there had been much dialogue amongst respected British economists about the formation of a journal of economics. Sir Robert Harry
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The journal was conceived in November 1890, at the inauguration of the British Economic Association (which became the
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Palgrave, Foxwell and Marshall first explored the possibility of establishing such a publication as part of the
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has been edited by some influential British economists. The first Editor of the Economic Journal in 1891 was
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impartiality. The introduction to the first edition of the Economic Journal reiterated these intentions:
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Coats, A. W. (1968). "The Origins and Early Development of the Royal Economic Society".
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Coats, A. W. (1968). "The Origins and Early Development of the Royal Economic Society".
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Edgeworth continued his work as editor until 1911, assisted between 1896 and 1905 by
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impartiality and inclusivity has shaped the Economic Journal throughout its history.
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before returning to Cambridge as a lecturer. During his 36-year service for the
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Edgeworth and Keynes were the only editors to take sole responsibility for the
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Robinson, Austin (1972). "John Maynard Keynes: Economist, Author, Statesman".
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was published soon after the foundation of the Association, in March 1891.
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Academic journal on Economics, published by RES and Oxford University
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Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies
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Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli
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Hodgson, Geoffrey M. (1993). "The Mecca of Alfred Marshall".
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Robinson, Austin (1947). "John Maynard Keynes 1883-1946".
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Collet, Clara E.; Webster, Charles K. (1940). "Obituary".
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Keynes, J. M. (1924). "Alfred Marshall, 1842-1924".
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