The topic of the XV Aispe Conference is: “Towards a Comparative History of Economic Thought”. The Conference aims mainly at raising a series of correlated questions, which are both historical and methodological. Is it possible, and desirable, to write a comparative history of economic...

October 31, 2017 is the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s posting of the 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church; an episode that has been considered the beginning of the protestant reform. Sombart, Weber, Bataille and many others have underlined the crucial role of Luther and the...

Investments are the gamble on the future of a community. Their benefits span over the present. They stimulate aggregate demand. They have positive effects on expectations as well as spin-offs in terms of knowledge and innovation. Their benefits also project into the future adding productive...

The central theme of the conference is "Financial Crises in the Economists' View". Proposals of sessions or submissions of papers concerning any other aspect of the history of economic thought are also welcome.