====================== HES POSTING =================== A point of, I hope, clarification. Adam Smith's "value in use" is neither the modern concept of subjective value nor the concept of useful service or function. It is simply that which is functional in sustaining life. Diamonds certainly have utility in the first two senses but not in the third. Jeff Young ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]