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Barkley, 
 
I know this is an issue of some dispute, but I recommend you look at G. 
Warren Nutter's Extent of Enterprise Monopoly in the US.  Nutter provides 
evidence contrary to your claim that Marx's prediction about increasing 
concentration of capital in the advanced stage of capitalism can be 
accepted 
for the US, despite the popular sentiment which suggested that it should. 
 
I imagine that this is an issue where the conflicts between Visions will 
not 
be settled by Analysis. As Schumpeter argues (and more recently 
Heilbroner), 
Vision and Analysis cannot be so neatly divided -- in fact, Vision provides 
the raw material for Analysis. So I doubt whether appeals to data or 
citation count (or body count for that matter) will move this discussion on 
the "greatest economist". 
 
BTW, a bit of shameless self-promotion, a 9 volume reference work on the 
history of the theoretical debate over socialism that I edited has just 
been 
published by Routledge -- Socialism and the Market.  My introduction for 
the 
set is in Vol. 1 and I try to be as fair as I can in my dealings with the 
various positions taken during the debate. 
 
Pete 
 
Dr. Peter J. Boettke 
George Mason University 
 
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