======================= HES POSTING ================= In response to David Larkin's inquiry: quite a lot has been written on this topic. A relatively recent book that provides a good review of some portions of this literature is Geoffrey Hodgson, Economics and Evolution. A special issue of the Cambridge Journal of Economics is to be published marking the 100th annniversary of Veblen's still pertinent article. William T. Waller and Ann Jennings also have an article on Veblen and Darwin that is soon to be published in HOPE (History of Political Economy) and I have a paper on the topic that will be published in a collection that Warren Samuels has edited; it will be published by Routledge. I will send you a copy by snail mail as it has many further references that you may find useful. ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]