==================== HES POSTING ====================== Eh.Net has started a new service for which I would like to request help: ASK THE PROFESSOR is a service for those interested in learning more about economic history and the history of economic thought. If you have a question that you have been unable to answer through sources such as encyclopedias or other standard references, we will try to answer your question or to direct you to a useful source of information. Robert Whaples of Duke University (associate director of Eh.Net) is currently handling questions that are asked, but the service is now generating several questions each day (2-3) and he has requested our assistance. Most of the questions asked are in economic history, but approximately a quarter to a third of the questions regard the history of economic thought. I agreed to answer a few questions, but would like to be able to share the workload around a bit. After checking with the other editors of HES, here is my proposal: 1. If you would be willing to answer questions on an occasional basis, please inform me (privately, not in a message to the list!). Please indicate your area of specialization in the history of economic thought. [Robert may wish to correct me, but my impression is that most of the questions require the types of answers you would address to an undergraduate class.] If I receive questions from Robert that I feel are better answered by someone who has expressed willingness to answer questions on a particular area, I'll forward them on. 2. I have begun a log of answers to the questions asked, accessible for the moment at http://www.augustana.ab.ca/~emmer/ask_the_prof.html (this may be moved to the Eh.Net server). If you answer a question forwarded to you, please send me a copy as well as the questioner, so I can add it to the log. The log is intended to do two things: 1) provide a source of answers for future questions; and 2) make students aware that the answers provided are publically accessible. Occasionally I may post a request for help on a specific question to the list. I will not, however, post the questions themselves here. Currently, I could use assistance in answering questions regarding Veblen's use of Darwinian theory, and the relation between Smith and Malthus' views on unproductive labour. Thanks for the help. Ross Ross B. Emmett Editor, HES and CIRLA-L Augustana University College Camrose, Alberta CANADA T4V 2R3 voice: (403) 679-1517 fax: (403) 679-1129 e-mail: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.augustana.ab.ca/~emmer ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]