The Samuelson quote is interesting because he did not attribute final victory to Hayek in any other place that I am aware of. As for Schumpeter, no he did not accord Hayek final victory either and the reason was that once you had consumer prices it was in his mind a relatively easy procedure to derive capital goods prices. That is why Hayek draws attention to this in his "Use of Knowledge" paper -- which is discussing Schumpeter's _C,S&D_. The Samuelson quote is found in Hayek's letters (right?) -- have you been able to track down the published source? Pete __________________________________________________________ Peter J. Boettke Assistant Professor Department of Economics New York University 269 Mercer Street New York, NY 10003 phone: (212) 998-8959 fax: (212) 995-4186 email: [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________________