----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- In reply to Pat Gunning's question: Well, I would not adopt a preconception which defined economics as equal to neoclassical economics, and thereby omitted Austrian, Institutionalist, Marxist, ... economics/economists. How is that for starters? I might like the idea of "a unified method of reasoning," but I would be wary of adopting ONE such method as THE criterion. Warren Samuels ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]