----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- I agree that the title is self-explanatory. An interesting related question, however, would be: why "wealth" of nations, and not "welfare" or "happiness" of the nations, as the Continental (French and Italian) were writing in that time. Luigino Bruni ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]