----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- Just because Marx formulated the law thusly does not mean that he was the first to do so. I don't have a copy of it at hand, but I am fairly certain that the phrase "Say's Law" and the accompanying phrase identifying it with "supply creates its own demand" or something very close to that appeared in John Stuart Mill's _Principles of Political Economy_, prior to Marx (who commented on Mill's discussion in Vol. III of _Capital_). Mill himself cited his father, James Mill, although I have never read any of his works. Thus, I would tend to agree with the earlier speculation by someone that this formulation was probably originally due to James Mill. Barkley Rosser James Madison University ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]