----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- This will be my last message to this list for some time as I shall shortly withdraw from it and become email incommunicado for an extended period. However, before going allow me to make a few final remarks on various matters. 1) Reswitching. Mark Blaug recently declared that there have been no empirical observations of reswitching. I must repeat that some references have been put forward on this list (I shall refrain from listing them again) that claim to have found such cases. Now, Professor Blaug may ultimately consider the claims in these papers to be inadequate, insufficient, or just plain incorrect. But it is pretty clear that he had not read them prior to making this latest pronouncement. I would strongly suggest that it would behoove him to check out those references before he makes such a sweeping public statement on this matter again. 2) Reder on Hayek. I basically have said all that I have to say on the substance of this matter. I will agree with michael perelman that there appears to be little relation between the views on economics of these gentlemen and their attitudes regarding anti-Semitism. Certainly I do not see any necessary claim arising that one person's relative lack of anti-Semitism makes his views on economics superior. Thus, arguably, there was no reason for publishing this paper at all. I would note the one possible exception that pertains to Keynes and his views on interest. He was generally opposed to high interest rates and I believe in a few places made remarks that could well be considered anti-Semitic and which identified high interest rates with Jews in a very stereotypical manner. But, perhaps, this had more to do with how he expressed his views than with what they actually were. 3) Reactions to the Reder on Hayek controversy. Yesterday the offlist discussion, which seems to have quieted down considerably now, took a very ugly turn. I believe that apologies are probably due all around. I think that the appropriate reaction to the Reder article by those (who include myself) who are unhappy with its treatment of Hayek would be to have a comment written that would be submitted to HOPE. I would hope that the HOPE editors would seriously consider such a piece, especially if it were written by a serious Hayek scholar (among whom I do not include myself) who also has not compromised himself by hypocritical and indefensible conduct. Let me remind folks that officially on Jan. 1 and unofficially but effectively in mid-August I shall be assuming the editorship of the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (JEBO). J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]