----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- An obvious first idea is to look at the french tradition of ingénieurs-économistes which began in the XIXth century. First look at François Etner, « Histoire du Calcul Economique en France » (1987), and Robert Hébert and Robert Ekelund, "Secret Origins of Modern Microeconomics" (1999) Jean Magnan de Bornier ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]