================= HES POSTING ================= Let me rephrase: there exist between historians and historians of economic thought barriers of language and training that do not exist in economics departments. In addition to producing high-quality historical scholarship, historians of economic thought have a role to play in influencing the direction of economic research and policy formation. Given the balkanisation of academic economic knowledge this function is unlikely to be performed from 'outside' departments. Robert Leeson University of Western Ontario ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]