Timur Kuran

Professor at Duke University. Studies economic & political development, Middle East, Islam.

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Review: Choudhury, Islamic Economic Co-operation

June 1, 19911990-1999, Islamic economics, Islamism, contemporaryTimur Kuran

Review of Masudul Alam Choudhury, Islamic Economic Co-operation (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1989), in Journal of Comparative Economics, 15 (June 1991): 395-398.

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Timur Kuran

Professor of Economics & Political Science
Gorter Family Professor of Islamic Studies
Duke University

213 Social Sciences
Box 90097
Durham, NC 27708

(919) 660-1872
Email: t.kuran@duke.edu
Twitter: @timurkuran

Recent Posts

  • Book: Türkiye’de Postanın Mikrotarihi, 1920-2015 / Microhistory of the Turkish Posts
  • Podcast: “The Portal Episode 4: Timur Kuran: The Economics of Revolution and Mass Deception”
  • Working Paper: “Economic Harbingers of Political Modernization: Peaceful Explosion of Rights in Ottoman Istanbul, 1600-1839”
  • Podcast: “Revolutions, Authoritarianism, and Democracy”, The Good Fight with Yacha Mounk
  • Article: “Zakat: Islam’s Missed Opportunity to Limit Predatory Taxation”
  • Interview: “‘Another Road to Serfdom’: Q&A with Timur Kuran”
  • Article: “The Logic of Revolutions: Rational Choice Perspectives.”
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