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THE tenth anniversary of the foundation of the Engineers' Study Group on Economics was marked on May 8 by a social gathering at the home of Lady Rhys Williams ; among those present were Sir Richard Gregory, Prof. F. Soddy, Lord Marley and representatives of organizations interested in economic and social reform. Formed initially by a group of engineers through the efforts of the late Mr. John L. Hodgson, the Engineers' Study Group soon enlisted the support of other technical and scientific workers and, under the presidency of Sir Richard Gregory and later of Sir Richard Paget, set out to prove that the scientific method can be applied to social and economic problems. Among its earlier reports were an “Analysis of Twenty-four Social and Economic Systems” and “The Design of a Family Budget with Special Reference to Food” (see NATURE, April 11, 1936, p. 627). Much of the work of the Group-which covers an unusually wide field, from statistical data on national production to psychological hints on how to deal with misguided enthusiasts-is issued in the form of duplicated reports which are circulated among members and associated organizations.
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Engineers' Study Group on Economics. Nature 151, 555 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151555a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/151555a0