----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- Only a non economist could ask so refreshing question that indeed is the fundamental epistemological question of economic science, although most of today's economists nevertheless deny it, or consider that it is over. There are such attempts, but they come against absolute rejection, even against censorship from the various established schools of economic thought. Actually, the current economic thought is in a deep crisis, and I have become convinced that only an external pressure is able to help economists in resolving it. Allow me to inform you of a paper of mine that proposes a holistic approach of macro-economic systems, as an entropic process. It has been published on the web at this address: http://www.edu-irep.org/romain.htm Romain Kroes ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]