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Charts and Maps of the Social and Economic Museum of Vienna Author(s): R. R. Kuczynski Source: Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 26, No. 173 (Mar., 1931), p. 66 Published by: American Statistical Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2278262 . Accessed: 16/06/2014 06:15 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . American Statistical Association is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Journal of the American Statistical Association. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 194.29.185.109 on Mon, 16 Jun 2014 06:15:42 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions

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Charts and Maps of the Social and Economic Museum of ViennaAuthor(s): R. R. KuczynskiSource: Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 26, No. 173 (Mar., 1931), p. 66Published by: American Statistical AssociationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2278262 .

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CHARTS AND MAPS OF THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC MUSEUM OF VIENNA

Visitors to Vienna may remember the Social and Economic Museum located in the beautiful municipal hall. The object of this little museuxm is to familiarize, by means of colored symbols, the man in the street with the statistical results of the social and economic development of the world. The "Vienna method" consists in replacing the statistical figures by symbols which represent a given quantity of men, raw materials, machines, etc. In order, say, to compare the population of two countries, one of which has 5 million and the other 50 million inhabitants, the first country is represented by one person and the second by 10 persons. This method is certainly much more illuminating than the usual way of representing the first country by a little man and the second by a tall man.

There exists already ample literature on the achievements of the museum, and many charts have been reproduced in pamphlets, magazines, etc. But no description and no small-size reproduction can convey an adequate idea of the high artistic and pedagogical value of the original charts. It is therefore most gratifying that the museum has now published an extensive collection of large maps and charts which by themselves practically constitute a museum. The collection comprises 31 charts about the most important empires during the last 5,000 years, about armies, wars, and forms of government; 33 charts about production, consumption, commerce and traffic; 12 charts about popula- tion and housing; 17 charts about labor, organization, and social conditions; 6 charts about economic systems and religions; and in addition 30 sheets of explanatory text and tables. The price of the series published by the Biblio- graphisches Institut in Leipsig is 65 Rm.

There is perhaps no other publication in the world which is so well fitted to teach economic and social history to the untrained mind. But even expert economists and sociologists will find therein a mine of information.

R. R. KuCZYNSKI

WHAT STOCK GROUPS WILL LEAD THE NEXT BULL MARKET? A dinner meeting of the American Statistical Association was held on Tuesday

evening, November 18, 1930, at the Aldine Club, 200 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Five hundred and thirty-one persons attended. The general topic under discussion was, "What Stock Groups Will Lead the Next Bull Market?" Mr. Robert B. Warren, of Case, Pomeroy, and Company, presided.

The first speaker of the evening was Mr. Mark Wolffl statistician of Ham- ershlag, Borg and Company. He opened by expressing the view that, to a greater extent than in the recent past, stock values in the next few years will be correlated more closely with income accounts and balance sheets, and less closely with traditional market popularity. He then took up the consideration of specific groups of stocks. In discussing public utilities, he called attention to the fact that the influence of regulation was largely overlooked during the last boom. As a matter of fact, regulation has been lax for several years past. At present, however, there is a distinct tendency toward greater strictness.

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