The European Society for the History of Economic 
Thought (ESHET) and the University of Castilla ­ 
La Mancha (UCLM)  are jointly organizing a Workshop on:

“The Recession of  2008.  Do Economists ever 
agree on Analysis and Prescriptions?

The current financial and economic crisis has 
been stimulating some very important and 
interesting debates. On the one hand, there have 
been several attempts to compare it with previous 
crisis, especially with the Great Depression of 
1929. On the other hand, the current crisis has 
also stimulated lively debates about the current 
state of economic analysis and its effectiveness 
in providing adequate accounts of the crisis.
Hence, the current crisis has not only 
highlighted the changing nature of our economic 
reality, but also the usefulness of taking a 
longer view when approaching economic analysis. 
The potential contribution of the history of 
economic ideas seems to be extremely relevant on both accounts.
This Workshop is aimed at analyzing the current 
financial and economic crisis from a history of 
economic thought perspective.  The papers 
presented may offer an overview of the crisis or 
focus on specific issues.  They may refer to the 
global economy or to a single region or 
country.  The may dig on the causes, the 
consequences or policy recommendations.

The Workshop will take place in the Facultad de 
Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales de Albacete 
(University of Castilla ­ La Mancha, Spain) on 
the 21 and 22 January, 2010.  Albacete is a small 
but well connected city.  It can be reached by 
train from Alicante (1:15 hours), Valencia (1:30 hours) and Madrid (2 hours).

The seminar has been organized in three parts:
1. Thursday evening (16-18; 18:30-20:30): Presentation of four selected papers.
2. Friday early morning (9-11): Parallel sessions.
3. Friday late morning (11:30-13:30): Presentation of two selected papers.

The papers should be sent to 
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2009.  Participants will receive confirmation of 
acceptance before 21 December 2009.  The 
Committee will indicate the six papers 
selected  at plenary sessions.  They are supposed 
to cover a broad array of streams in the history of economic thought.

We aim to publish a book gathering together the 
10 best papers.  Apart form the six papers 
presented at plenary sessions, the Committee will 
select four additional papers among those discussed in parallel sessions.

There are no registration fees for the 
Workshop.  ESHET and UCLM will provide three 
grants (of 350 euros each) to PhD students who 
don’t have any other source of finance and present good papers.

For further information visit 
http://www.uclm.es/actividades/2009/workshopESHET-UCLM.

Scientific Committee:
O. Dejuan (chair),
E. Febrero.
H. Hagemann,
M.C. Marcuzzo
P. Teixeira.
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Amos Witztum