===================== HES POSTING ====================== As WEALTH OF NATIONS was published only in 1776, when fighting in the American revolution was already well underway, it could not have influenced the earlier work of Paine and others. But insofar as Smith was in some ways summarizing and consolidating and elaborating some powerful lines of thought that date back to Locke and Coke--ideas about progress and a "positive sum world"--you will surely find some significant parallels with some strains of American ideology. FC ********************************************************************** Prof. Fred V. Carstensen Office: (860) 486-0614 Department of Economics Dept: (860) 486-3022 341 Mansfield Road FAX: (860) 486-4463 University of Connecticut Home: (860) 242-6355 Storrs, CT 06269-1063 e-mail: [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]