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[log in to unmask] (Warren J Samuels)
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Fri Mar 31 17:18:32 2006
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Once again Ransom is on the ball.  I could not have expressed or emphasized 
the point better.  The history of economics is indeed socialal constructed; 
it does not write itself. 
 
Warren Samuels 
 
 
 
>I should think that one feature recommending the family 
>tree project is the very fact that it is open to alternative 
>interpretations, and makes inspires one to think about the 
>significance of history to the shape of contemporary ideas.  The 
>fact that the task has no 'right answers' is one reason it is' 
>worth doing -- a provocative way to inspire interest in the history 
>of economic thought.   
> 
>Greg Ransom 
>Dept. of Philosophy 
>UC-Riverside 
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