The reorganization of industrial and construction management created more favorable conditions for cost control. In view of this the discussion of these questions at a scientific conference in Sverdlovsk was very useful.

An article by G. Sorokin, entitled "Problems of Providing for Differences Between Prices and Values in Compiling the Balance Sheet for the National Economy" was carried in Vestnik Statistiki, No. 2, 1959. This article posed questions of both theoretical and practical significance. It noted...

The post-war period has been characterized by a considerable expansion of the economic ties between the Soviet Union and foreign powers, and by the appearance and extensive development of new forms of economic collaboration. Among these forms is technical assistance in the construction of...