----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- I have a vague memory of a question regarding the origin of the term "neoclassical synthesis" or "Keynesian neoclassical synthesis". I may have found the answer. In Economic Theory and Wages (in The Impact of the Union, McCord Wright, ed) Paul Samuelson (1951, 336) states that "a compromise doctrine has emerged from the combination of classical, neoclassical, Keynesian and neo Keynesian analysis. A legitimate and convienient name for this common core is, I suggest, 'neoclasical'". Robert Leeson [log in to unmask] ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]