Many thanks to Howard Sherman, Bill Dugger, Janet Knoedler, and others for getting AFEEMAIL back on to substantive discussion. One brief thought before I get back to research work: On the textbook front, I suggest we start small with 'modules'. Many publishers are now putting out supplemental modules to go with introductory textbooks. For example, if you use Schiller, you can get modules on social justice, the history of economic thought and economic history, etc. Our first step (prior to an entire Institutionalist textbook) could be to put out a 30 page 'module' on Institutionalist Economics, or Heterodox Economics if you want to introduce students to Marxism, Post-Keynesianism and Feminism too. I can also envision modules on real world firms and their behavior, technology, and other topics ignored by mainstream books. Bill Brown: could sections of your book be edited to form a module on Institutionalist Economics or Heterodox Economics? If so, I think many of us would use it as a supplement to our current principles books. Sorry to hear that your next edition has been cancelled. Cheers, Geoff Geoffrey Schneider Assistant Professor of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 Phone: (717) 524-3446 Fax: (717) 524-3451 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Web page: http://www.bucknell.edu/~gschnedr