----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- (1) On a point of personal privilege, and (2) to deflect discussion back to the initial question: what is the place of the New Institutional Economics in the evolution of generic Economics? I wrote nothing that would negate any point made in Beottke's second paragraph. I do not consider myself "heterodox", and I am not contending with any "beast". Have we developed an orthodox view of heterodoxy in Economics? I am afraid that silence on my part will leave the impression that I acquiesce in being labeled "heterodox". Robin Neill. ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]