----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- Nathan Rosenberg's work on this front is very good. See in particular: * "The historiography of technical progress" and "Marx as a student of technology" in _Inside the Black Box_ * The articles on Schumpeter and Babbage in _Exploring the Black Box_ * Various papers (including discussions of Marx and Smith on technology) reprinted in _The Emergence of Economic Ideas_ * His new book, _Schumpeter and the Endogeneity of Technology_ Bhaven N. Sampat Columbia University ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]