Ross, Veblen almost certainly read Weber in the original German. German was one of Veblen's languages, and of course he made trips to Europe where he would have had to hear about Weber. I don't have a specific reference at present, but you might look at Joe Dorfman's _Economic Mind in American Civilization_, vols 3,4,5. Did Mitchell say anything on this in his Lecture Notes edited by Dorfman? I wonder if Dorfman's article on the German Historical School says anything about this? Sorry I don't have too much time at present to look it up, but will keep this in mind all the same. Larry Shute ----------------------------------------------------------------- Laurence Shute <[log in to unmask]> Department of Economics Voice: x 3850 Building 1, 3rd Floor, Room 337 FAX: x 6987 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ross B. Emmett Editor, HES and Co-manager CIRLA-L Augustana University College Camrose, Alberta CANADA T4V 2R3 voice: (403) 679-1517 fax: (403) 679-1129 e-mail: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.augustana.ab.ca/~emmettr