----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- Happy New Year to all. On the centennial and millenial retrospective theme, you may be interested in the following, which is a cute picture of financial economics at the turn of the last century: The World Bank's Interest Bearing Notes Newsletter, January 1900, vol. Y, no. 2K. at http://www.worldbank.org/research/interest/archives/sjan1900.htm Ross Emmett ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]