Throughout the Western world, people's policy preferences are correlated across domains in a strikingly similar fashion …, affirmative action, environmental protection, foreign aid, health care, military, border control, and law enforcement. Moreover …

This paper surveys the recent social science literature on religion in economic history, covering both socioeconomic … causes and consequences of religion. Following the rapidly growing literature, it focuses on the three main monotheisms … played in political-economy outcomes and in the "long divergence" between the Middle East and Western Europe. Finally, cross …