----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- I agree that calling history "thin" is somewhat derogatory. Still, I think that there is one potentially interesting distinction between thin/thick as equivalent to the distinction between theory and model. I believe there are examples of such a "thin" history in some of Eichengreen papers or so. Javier Finkman ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]