Maybe my reply to Paul Phillips might help to clarify.
Thanks for your message at 06:30 PM 10/29/97 -0600, valis. Your message was:
>Quoth Laurence Shute, in part:
>> I would appreciate your help in compiling a list of the 50 -100 basic
>> economic and social institutions in the US, possibly Canada as well. What
>> are the basic institutions that you feel economics students should have a
>> working knowledge of? Any and all suggestions are welcomed.
>
>50 to 100 such? What in the world do you mean? Do you recall the title
>of Calvin's great book; what did _he_ mean?
>Well, where the criteria are so vague, assumption can take flight.
