Call for papers: The focus of the 2020 seminar is consumption. The aims are: consumption by households, its share in total income, its structure and the role of fashion and cultures in shaping it; in addition, the commercial strategies employed to sell luxury products and how these stimulated demand; so as Taste, distinction, habit, and peer pressure as these provide an opportunity to discuss ideas about personal and social capital in history. Finally questions about the importance of durable and non-durable goods addressed together with geographical differences in consumption and the underlying causes.