====================== HES POSTING ====================== [Request from the moderator: Please reply to this posting in a personal message to [log in to unmask] rather than a posting to the list, unless you want to start an HES discussion on these issues. -- E-MS] Greetings I feel a little out of place participating in the HES list. I am more of a political scientist by training, although I am strengthening my economics background over the next few quarters. I am a graduate student in Political Economy at Utah State University. My interests include church-state issues, racial politics, the politics of higher education, public choice, the rule of law and monetary theory. I am preparing to write my Master's thesis over the next 3 months. I want to explore how Hayek's views of the rule of law help to solve the economic knowledge problem outlined in "The Use of Knowledge in Society" and "Rules and Order" (Vol.1 of Law, Legislation and Liberty). While authors implicitly recognize a connection between the information problem of economics (and society in a somewhat larger vein) and Hayek's rule of law, I have not run across papers that outline the mechanics of this relationship. If anyone on this list have similar interests, or who can point me to possible research done along these lines, I would greatly appreciate it. M. Royce Van Tassell ---------------------------------------------------------------------- M. Royce Van Tassell Utah State University Department of Political Science Old Main, 3rd Floor Logan, UT 84322 Home Phone: (801)787-4172 Office Phone: (801)797-3971 Email: [log in to unmask] ================ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ================ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]