Re the Charles Smith posting, please see my refereed article on A.R. Wallace
posted on www.masongaffney.org. 
I believe that Smith errs to link A.R.W. with Fisher. Fisher was a
eugenicist; Wallace quite the opposite. Fisher never understood land rent,
which was at the center of Wallace's social philosophy. Wallace agitated for
nationalizing land, and such ideas that would be anathema at Chicago. 

Mason Gaffney

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Subject: [SHOE] ANN--Wallace Web Site

Charles Smith asked me to distribute the notice below. Apologies for
cross posting.
Humberto Barreto



Contribute to "The Alfred Russel Wallace Page" Website

Some years ago I solicited what I termed "commentaries" for a feature
on my "Alfred Russel Wallace Page" website (
http://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/index1.htm ), transcriptions of
Wallace publications.  Almost all of Wallace's 1000+ published works
are now to be found there
(http://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/wallace/writings.htm ), and I am
hoping additional parties might be interested in contributing one or
more such "commentaries" to this array.  These typically have been 250
to 350 words in length, and would feature your slant on why a
particular Wallace article remains of interest - historically and/or
currently.  A good example may be found at the end of:
http://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/wallace/S553-556.htm  .

It is not important that you may not consider yourself a "Wallace
expert," and in fact most of those who have contributed in the past
are not.  If you do not wish to wade through the entire list of
Wallace's publications to choose a subject writing, I can suggest a
handful of articles (many quite short) that might be of most interest
to you-and yes, Wallace did write, both interestingly and extensively,
on economic subjects.  2013 is the one hundredth anniversary of
Wallace's death, and some dozen book projects and conferences are in
preparation/planning accordingly.  If you feel you might be interested
in contributing to my site (and in turn to the anniversary
celebration), please contact me for more details at:
[log in to unmask]  .  Thanks very much for your time and
attention!

--Charles H. Smith, Ph.D., FLS, Western Kentucky University
_________________________________________

Wallace is, of course, an important figure in the history of
evolutionary biology, but he also contributed some interesting
writings on economics (he was an influence, for example, on Irving
Fisher and the Chicago School), and I think at least some of your
membership will be interested in this. --Charles H. Smith