Letter to Lynn Hoffman
- Title
- Letter to Lynn Hoffman
- Recipient
- Hoffman, Lynn
- Organisation
- Salzburg Seminar in American Studies
- Language
- English
- City
- Salzburg
- Date
- 1950
- Date in document
- yes
- Formulas or calculations
- no
- Inventory number
- NL-RtEUR_TBCOR01_013S002
- 2588
- Storage location
- Specifiek Magazijn
- Filename
- CDM2588_NL-RtEUR_TBCOR01_013S002.pdf
- Provenance
- Jan Tinbergen
- Accrual Method
- donation
- Rights
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- Revised transcript
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PROFESSOR DR J. TINBERGEN DEN HAAG, 15 Februari 1950
Sijzenlaan 41
Salzburg
Miss Lynn Hoffman, Selection Secretary, Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg, Austria.
Dear Miss Hoffman,
I got your letter of 8 February as well as a letter of miss Butler of 7 February of almost the same contents. Since your letter is speaking about Economic Planning as the possible subject, this narrower subject seems to correspond more closely to my special field. I take it that miss Butlers' intention was identical to yours and I take the liberty to answer both letters at the same time.
May I suggest the following special problems within the field of Economic Planning for treatment in a Salzburg Seminar ?
(i) It would be highly interesting for European students to be informed about the type of employment policy which is in the minds of Professor J.M. Clark and Professor Arthur Smithies. May be that one of them or one of their colleagues would be willing to expose their ideas. I am thinking particularly of the ideas set forth in the recent United Nations Publication (Sales No: 1949.II.A.2) of July 1949: "Maintenance of Full Employment".
(ii) As a second topic within the field of Economic Planning an outline of the work done in the United States Department of Agriculture on forecasting of agricultural prices and acreages would be highly interesting. One of the main experts who has worked in this field is Professor Louis Bean; there will also be experts of the Department of Agriculture who may be able and willing to deal with this matter.
(iii) As a third subject I suggest the well-known question of the Tennessee Valey authority. You will no doubt yourself be able to answer who would be the most qualified expert for dealing with this interesting project.
I do think that each one of these subjects would be very useful for European students.
Yours very sincerely,
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- Tinbergen Letters Sent
