James Henderson wrote: Drawing on Henry Spiegel, I argued that -- "Fairly general agreement defines the sociological characteristics of a school of economic thought. Henry W. Spiegel, for instance, notes that a school consists of 'a recognized leader, a closely knit group of followers to exalt and spread the doctrines of the master, and a periodical to help in their dissemination.' Can one attribute the lack of a Schumpeterian school or even a nucleus of it to such semi-biographical factors? I remember Bob Heilbroner, who was his student at Harvard, saying that Schumpeter never promoted his work among his students and assiduously refrained from assigning his works as readings. But I also remember hearing/reading that Schumpeter was unhappy that he did not leave a 'school' behind. At least in his own actions, he would not be guilty of "The one thing that cannot be forgiven a great scholar is the school he leaves behind him", quoting Tom Easterbrook via Robin Neill. Sumitra Shah