----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- I have been running my second year class, History of Economic Thought/Economic History up to the French Revolution, class enrollment 27, pretty much the way Susan does, and it is working quite well. It's actually basically a great books course; we do some Xenophon, Engels, Innis, Weber, Smith, and Rousseau. Often I have the students generate the discussion questions themselves and distribute them a day in advance to the class by email. The results so far have been quite satisfying. On another pedagogical matter: next year for the first time in a long while I will be teaching the Intro Macro course; I'm not too impressed with any of the intro texts. Are there any texts out there now that address the subject from a historical and/or competing visions/paradigms/models approach that anyone would recommend? You may answer me via the list serve or private e mail. Thanks. Spencer Pack ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]