===================== HES POSTING ==================== >What if anything has been written since about the connection, if any, >between economic theory and evolution theory? Can anyone lead me to some >later or current discussions about this? What about Veblen's idea, does it >still make sense today? > >David C. Larkin Mr. Larkin is interested in the distinction between evolutionary processes without an end-in-view (that is, without a teleological perspective) and wants to know whether Veblen's idea that a-without-teleological-perspective is more authentic to a true Darwinian than the bastard versions that are often used to prove history is on our side. The short answer is "yes" Veblen got it right. The professor who successfully makes this case is G. Hodgson, Economics and Evolution, Polity Press. I agree with him on his interpretation of Veblen. Veblen was correct, economics as was the case with most social sciences was not an evolutionary science in the same way that evolutionary biology was. L. Moss ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]