----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- I wonder whether there exist ready-made compilations of the various definitions of political economy/economics given by economists, and possibly also some study of the implications of the various viewpoints, presuppositions etc. on which these definitions are based. Can anyone provide references? Thank you very much. (I've seen in Econlit the titles a couple of pieces in Economisch en Sociaal Tijdschrift, February and June 1974, but unfortunately I cannot read them as they are in Dutch. There are also a few articles on gender and the definition of economics, and an article by Smirnov, "Definitions of the Subject Matter of Political Economy", in Smirnov, Golosov, and Maximova, ed. The Teaching of Political Economy: A Critique of Non- Marxian Theories, Chicago 1984, which I haven't read yet. But that's about all I've found so far). Daniele Besomi ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]