----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- On technical change in the HET, John Rae (1834) is a key reference - arguably the first to treat technical change ('invention') as the primary cause of economic growth. A good starting point would be the essays in: The Economics of John Rae, ed. D. Mair, C. Lee, and O. Hamouda, London: Routledge, 1998. Plus: A. Brewer 'Economic growth and technical change: John Rae's critique of Adam Smith'. History of Political Economy, 23, 1991, pp. 1-12. S. Ahmad 'Smith's division of labour and Rae's "invention": a study of the second dichotomy with an evaluation of the first', History of Political Economy, 28, 1996, pp. 441-58. Tony Brewer ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]