----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- 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 ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]