----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- Chas: The issue you raise is indeed frustrating when one tries to teach economics in the US today. I would make one comment: Neo-Classical economics is certainly quantitative but it is NOT scientific. This is, I believe, precisely the source of both professional & popular discontent with it. Benjamin Balak ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]