This chapter 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 … Islam and Islamic institutions played in political-economy outcomes and in the "long divergence" between the Middle East and …

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 … Islam and Islamic institutions played in political-economy outcomes and in the "long divergence" between the Middle East and …

democracies around the world was influenced by conversionary Protestantism. While Woodberry's historical analysis is exhaustive …

kontraproduktiv. (4) Wer den Hunger in der Welt wirksam bekämpfen will, muss realwirtschaftlich ansetzen und dafür Sorge tragen, dass … roots not in the financial sector but in the real economy sector. (2) It is therefore wrongful to put the futures market …, would be counterproductive. (4) If we want to fight global hunger effectively, we have to take real-economy precautions to …

conclusion, we argue that the field of political economy can benefit from this challenging environment if it systematically …