----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- Colleagues: In examining membership policies and annual membership dues in the History of Economics Society, its Executive Committee has become aware that a number of individuals who consider themselves to be, and are considered by us all to be, serious historians of economics, who submit papers to JHET and attend the summer and winter HES conference, are not presently members of the Society. At a time when historians of economics are institutionally somewhat beleaguered, there is a positive externality for us individually in having as many scholars as possible be members of the History of Economics Society. For example, my own university’s promotion and tenure policies require a clear statement in the dossier of the number of scholars in the candidate’s subdiscipline, our librarians often make institutional journal subscription decisions based on the number of individual subscribers, with a larger number suggesting a more active scholarly field, and so on. Since the present membership fee for HES is $30.00 per year (in US funds), which entitles one to receive a personal copy of JHET (and since for many of our European friends the dollar is at historic lows against the Euro at present), this is an opportune time to become a member of HES. Membership and payment forms are available at the HES website http://orbit.unh.edu/hes/services.html We hope that if you are not a member, you will become one and reap the benefits of membership. E. Roy Weintraub President, History of Economics Society ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]