====================== HES POSTING ================== At the risk of giving too short a response: the question is, why study the history of economic thought? The answer given is quite adequate: to become a better economist. There are other answers; such as, to defend myself against better economists (whom I know to be fallible); and because it is a matter of personal intense interest, for reasons that I cannot explain to anyone's complete satisfaction. Robin Neill. ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]