Jon asks:

>Would anyone happen to recall the auther or title of a (fairly) recent book
>whih argued that D derived his theory from nineteenth century economics? ie
>fit businesses succeed and unfit ones go to the wall?

Unfortunately, I don't know the title of the book you're referring to, but the
general proposition you're referencing is well accepted and written in a
thousand places.

For example, please see:

   http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Science/Darwin.htm

Wirt Atmar
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