=================== HES POSTING ===================== I think you might find some really interesting influences in Alexander Hamilton. Isaac, Asher _International Trade Tariffs and Commercial Policy _, Irwin 1948 was a standard text way back when and states p 150, "In his analysis, Hamilton practically repeats the basic arguments used by Adam Smith in His WON. More than that, the language and expressions used by the two men are very much alike....." But you get the drift, as he notes agreements and disagreements with Smith in the Report on Manufactures. There was also a New England preacher of the time that a Pol Sc professor indicated had strong Smithian roots, but I don't remember his name. The area is certainly one that is underdeveloped. Good luck. PAUL HEISE PAUL A. HEISE, Ph.D. "The ideas of economists and political Associate Professor of Economics philosophers both when they are right Political Science and Economics Dept and when they are wrong, are more powerful Lebanon Valley College than is commonly understood. Indeed, the Annville, PA 17003 world is ruled by little else. Practical men, (717) 867-5644 who believe themselves to be quite exempt [log in to unmask] from any intellectual influences, are usually the slave of some defunct economist." John Maynard Lord Keynes ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]