The present article is concerned (1) with an evaluation of the place of Latin American studies in the economics curriculum on the college or university level and (2) with a review of the principal publications which are available for organized studies in Latin American economics. The correlation of both topics and their combination in one article does not require an elaborate justification for those who are acquainted with the development and growth of new subjects in the college curriculum. Organized studies, i. e., new courses, develop chiefly under the influence of two factors: available teaching personnel and available teaching material. It goes without saying that these factors operate, or should operate, only as manifestations of a more general tendency which assigns to the new subject its rank and place in a systematic order of cultural values.