Well, I've not retained Brad's post.  And I only wish to make 
the observation, and not open a deep debate about theoretical content 
and professional competence.  No doubt Brad is overqualified according 
to the demand of his personnel committee, which, if I can inject just 
a tad of humor, no doubt does not demand of those who know something about 
economic policy and the Great Depression that they also are specialists 
in the thought of F. H. Hayek -- surely there isn't an economics department 
in the United States which demands this, and if Brad is also a specialist 
in the thought of F. A. Hayek he is terribly over qualified for his current 
position. ;-)  For all I care Brad is completely correct in his character- 
ization of Hayek, his attitude to those behind U.S. and British thinking 
and 
policy in the 1920's, and in regard to laisse faire, and the explanatory 
strategy for thinking about trade cycle phenomena and their most plausible 
causes. ;-) 
 
Grer Ransom 
Dept. of Philosophy 
UC-Riverside