Mat Forstater said: One might also point out that many of 'great' modern economists also did history of economic thought: Samuelson, Hicks, Baumol, Leontief, Hayek, etc. I would add George Stigler to Mat's list of greats who did HET. I suppose it is an oversight of the obvious - knowing Stigler's contributions to the field all too well. He was the president of HES 1976-77. Sumitra Shah