Abstract
In a paper read at the 40th anniversary of the Department of Economic Geography of the Geographical Society USSR, a senior Soviet economic geographer reviews attempts to create a new scientific discipline known as regional economics. The new discipline, which is being fostered in particular by the Council for the Study of Productive Forces, the Soviet agency charged with preplanning studies, is found to lack a clear definition of subject, method and content beyond its avowed concern with economic regional studies. The author points out that such studies have long been within the domain of economic geography. He expresses concern that this subject matter may shift to the incipient discipline of regional economics if economic geography does not focus to a greater extent on economic aspects, including economic-mathematical techniques. He suggests that, if there is to be a regional economics, it might more properly concern itself with nongeographic topics, such as regional economic management, regional planni...
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