----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- Following up on Mat's post (which is in response, I believe, to the intitial Sherlock Holmes teaser), there's a somewhat interesting article by J.B. Davis, "Sraffa, Wittgenstein, and Neoclassical Economics" in the Cambridge Journal of Economics, V. 12, March 1988. Neither Doyle nor Poe is brought into th argument, but I'm certain that one of the more imaginative folks on this list can figure out a way to do so! John F. Henry ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]