================== HES POSTING ====================== I have located an answer to a query posed on this list some time ago. According to Fitoussi and Velupillia, Frisch used the term 'macroeconomics' in his lectures since 1931; the first written use of the word may have been by Lindahl, in 1939. J. P. Fitoussi and K. Velupillia. 1993. Macroeconomic Perspectives. In Barkai, H, Fischer, S and Liviatan, N eds. Monetary Theory and Thought. London: Macmillan. ------------------------------------------- Robert Leeson - Senior Lecturer - Economics Department [log in to unmask] Murdoch University, Western Australia ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]