----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- Peter Boettke has brought much needed clarity to the discussion of "institutionalism." The "us" versus "them" mindset is a destructive position for anyone to take--especially is this so in intellectual pursuits. The vast richness of conceptual and empirical work that goes on in economics, broadly defined, defies simple and quite arbitrary taxonomic demarcations--and the sooner we get over this sad legacy of the past the better. Let us continue to strive to advance the more plausible accounts of human action--leaving aside the baggage of labels--and in the fullness of time success will be measured by who has managed to produce the more compelling and durable account. That is what good scholarship has always meant, and I hope that is what good scholarship will always mean. Dan Bromley University of Wisconsin ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]