================= HES POSTING ================= Perhaps a good source to inspect would be Peter McNamara's _Political economy and statesmanship: Smith, Hamilton, and the foundation of the commercial republic_. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1998. McNamara is mostly concerned to state the differences between these two political economists, but in places he does touch upon the question of influence. Rick Kleer ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]