How do radical reforms of the state shape economic development over time? In 1790, France’s first Constituent Assembly overhauled the kingdom’s organization to set up new administrative entities and local capitals. In a subset of departments, new capitals were chosen quasi-randomly as the...

Introduction: Arab Development via the Channels of War and Oil / A. Kadri. - PART I: POLITICAL ECONOMY. - 1. Egypt: Failed Emergence, Conniving Capitalism, Fall of the Muslim Brothers, A Possible Popular Alternative / Samir Amin. - 2. The Failure of Arab Macro Policy / Fadle Naqib. - 3. The...