====================== HES POSTING ================== Rich's reference to Barber's work prompted me to recall that the winter 1997 Daedalus (American Academic Culture in Transformation:Fifty Years, Four Disciplines) has three articles which MAY be of some use/interest (RE: History of American economic thought). They are: R.M. Solow, "How Did Economics Get That Way and What Way Did it Get?" D. M. Kreps, "Economics--The Current Position" W. J. Barber, "Reconfigurations in American Academic Economics: A General Practitioners Perspective" (BTW, the other disciplines discussed within this volume are philosophy, literature and political science.) Brian Eggleston Associate Professor & Chair Department of Economics Augustana College Sioux Falls, SD 57197 ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]