This special issue marks the 50th anniversary of the journal Économie et Statistique, now Economie et Statistique/Economics and Statistics. Adopting, of course, a long term perspective, this issue brings together a series of papers indicative of the progress made and of the position now held by the journal.

Citation: Tavernier, J.-L. (2019). Editorial of the 50^th Anniversary Issue. Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics, 510-511-512, 5–6. https://doi.org/10.24187/ecostat.2019.510t.1998