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'Morality and Political Economy' from the Vantage Point of Economics
Enke, Benjamin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This article calls for a greater integration of moral psychology and political economy. While these disciplines were …
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Positive and Normative Judgments Implicit in U.S. Tax Policy, and the Costs of Unequal Growth and Recessions
Lockwood, Benjamin B. - 2016
normative criterion. One approach is to elicit the relevant moral criteria from real-world policy choices, converting a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456745
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The Moral Values of "Rugged Individualism"
Bazzi, Samuel; Fiszbein, Martín; Garcia, Maximiliano - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
The United States is among the most individualistic societies in the world. However, unlike Western European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014544712
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Corruption and reform : lessons from America's economic history
Glaeser, Edward L. (ed.); Goldin, Claudia (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013480814
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Religion and Risky Health Behaviors among U.S. Adolescents and Adults
Fletcher, Jason - 2013
Recent studies analyzing the effects of religion on various economic, social, health and political outcomes have been … to previous studies, we find positive effects of religion on reducing all addictive substance use during adolescence, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459438
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The Rise of the Religious Right : Evidence from the Moral Majority and the Jimmy Carter Presidency
Buccione, Giulia; Knight, Brian G. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We investigate the rise of the religious right in the context of the Moral Majority and Jimmy Carter, the first Evangelical President. During Carter's Presidency, the Moral Majority, an Evangelical group headed by televangelist Jerry Falwell, turned against the incumbent Carter, a Democrat, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014576579
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Exporting Christianity : Governance and Doctrine in the Globalization of US Denominations
Hanson, Gordon H. - 2011
predictions using data on the foreign operations of US Protestant denominations in 2005 from the World Christian Database … productivity of pastor effort is higher. These findings shed light on factors determining the composition of religion within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461693
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Opiates of the Masses? Deaths of Despair and the Decline of American Religion
Giles, Tyler; Hungerman, Daniel M.; Oostrom, Tamar - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
these mortality rates. Our findings show that social factors such as organized religion can play an important role in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013537734
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Religious Worship Attendance in America : Evidence from Cellphone Data
Pope, Devin G. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
~22% who report to do so in surveys. The number of occasional vs. frequent attenders varies substantially by religion. I …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014528374
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The Imbalances of the Bretton Woods System 1965 to 1973 : U.S. Inflation, The Elephant in the Room
Bordo, Michael D. - 2018
the rest of the world rather than focusing on issues with U.S. monetary and fiscal policies. In addition, at the urging of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481056