----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- >As usual,our discussions of the origins of economics is >Eurocentric,ignoring the contributions of other civilizatons to the >development of economic science (of course,I also have a hard time >viewing the Greeks as western while knowing that the works of Plato >and Xenophon devote so much to the likes of Cyrous of Persia, rather >than to the people of Western Europe). Ummm... I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but Kurush the Achaemenid is part of *western* civilization. We get a lot from the Achaemenid Empire: the idea that careers should be open to talents without distinction of ethnic origin, the idea that *all* citizens are equally subject to the law, and the idea that everyone has a moral duty to aid the Right and Justice in its struggle with Wrong and Injustice. :-) Brad DeLong ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]