Call for papers
The 13th Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET) will be organized by the Economic Departments of the University of Macedonia and the Aristotle University and will be held at the University of Macedonia, 156 Egnatia Street, Thessaloniki, Greece. The special theme of the conference is
Technological Change and Economic Analysis
The kind of questions to be asked include: What can we learn from the history of economic thought as regards the causes, the forms and the effects of technological change? How do different approaches to the problem compare with one another? Which ideas and concepts were preserved over time, which got lost, and why? Topics for discussion could include:
• Contributions to an analysis of technological change by single authors and entire schools
• Early debates on the dynamics of technological change
• Capital accumulation and technological change
• Technological change and income distribution
• Technological change and economic development
• Technological change and (un)employment
• Technological change and its impact on the labour process
• Technological change and the environment
Professor Robert Solow (MIT, Cambridge, MA) has kindly accepted to give one of the keynote lectures.
Proposals for papers or sessions on all other aspects of the history of economic thought are also welcome. An abstract of about 400 words for a paper and about 600 words for a session should be submitted at the latest by January 30, 2009.