----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- This has been an international and interesting discussion in which we found a firm distinction between English language and American language! It seems that the hegemony of math and modeling in economics is a matter of concern to many economists; but the rhetoric continues to gain strength, perhaps even more now because the language barrier is harder to cross than that of the math and simulation devices. The hegemony of the U.S. as a superpower and the ascendancy of the market metaphor all over the world does not bode well for any change of direction anytime soon. As an amusing aside, below is a short book review from The Economist of "Doing our own thing: the degradation of language and music" by a 'controversialist and linguist' John McWhorter. http://www.economist.com/books/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2384038 Disclaimer: I know nothing of McWhorter's politics or ideology and thus have no sympathy for it. Another aside -sometimes the jargon of other social sciences and discourses is as abstruse as that of economics. Sumitra Shah ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]