What has been the growth rate? May we have year-by-year figures of this success story?         

Dear SHOE Subscribers:

It is my great pleasure to announce that we have just registered the
1,000th member on our list.

Congratulations to Constance Andre-Aigret, a PhD student from University
Lyon 2-Triangle UMR 5206  As the 1,000th subscriber to SHOE, Constance will
receive one year's free membership in the History of Economics Society,
which includes a year's subscription to the Journal of the History of
Economic Thought.

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SHOE was established in February 1995 at Babson College, and originally
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in November of 2008.  A global list, SHOE has subscribers in the following
countries:

*  Country                  Subscribers
*  -------                  -----------
*  Argentina                          4
*  Australia                         20
*  Austria                            6
*  Belgium                            9
*  Brazil                            21
*  Bulgaria                           1
*  Burundi                            2
*  Canada                            24
*  Chile                              2
*  China                              1
*  Christmas Island                   1
*  Colombia                           6
*  Denmark                            4
*  ??? (EU)                           2
*  Finland                            2
*  France                            60
*  Germany                           37
*  Greece                             8
*  Hungary                            3
*  India                              2
*  Ireland                            2
*  Israel                             6
*  Italy                             50
*  Japan                             24
*  Mexico                             5
*  Netherlands                       19
*  New Zealand                        6
*  Norway                             2
*  Poland                             6
*  Portugal                           9
*  Romania                            2
*  Singapore                          1
*  South Africa                       1
*  Spain                             18
*  Sweden                             5
*  Switzerland                        9
*  Taiwan                             3
*  Tonga                              1
*  Turkey                             9
*  United Kingdom                    55
*  United States                    545
*  Uruguay                            5
*  Viet Nam                           1
*  ???                                1
*
* Total number of users subscribed to the list:   1000
* Total number of countries represented:            44

Congratulations again to Constance and welcome to SHOE!

Humberto Barreto