Introduction. Special Issue: A Selection of Papers Presented at the Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought in Rome, May 2015

In 2010, the European Journal of the History of Economic Thought (EJHET) and the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET) initiated a fruitful cooperation, leading to the publication of a special annual issue of EJHET consisting of a selection of papers from the preceding year’s ESHET conference. After seven years of committed collaboration, this joint venture has put down strong roots and the two autonomous institutions – the Journal and the Society – have successfully joined forces in their mission to promote innovative and promising research in the academic field of the history of economic thought. This special issue publishes a selection of the papers presented at the annual ESHET conference held in Rome on 14–16 May 2015, jointly organised by Universit a Roma Tre (where the conference took place), Sapienza Universit a di Roma and Universit a degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata.” The theme of the Rome conference was “Great Controversies in Economics”, and the meeting attracted almost 300 participants to its plenary and parallel sessions