“Why the Middle East Is Economically Underdeveloped: Historical Mechanisms of Institutional Stagnation.” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 18 (Summer 2004): 71-90.

• Reprint: The Development Economics Reader, ed. Giorgio Secondi (London: Routledge, 2008), pp. 107-25.
• Chinese translation: “Zhong Dong Di Qu He Yi Jing Ji Luo Hou: Jing Ji Ting Zhi De Li Shi Ji Li.” Kai Fang Shi Dai (Open Times), 183 (March 2006): 89-105.
• Arabic translation: “Asbāb Takhalluf al-Sharq al-Awsat Iqtisadiyyan Al-Āliyyat al-Tārikhiyyah lil-Rukūd al-Mu‘assasatiy.”http://www.misbahalhurriyya.org, April 2006.
• Italian translation: “Perché il Medio Oriente è Economicamente Arretrato: Meccanismi Storici di Stagnazione Istituzionale.” QA: Rivista dell’ Associazione Manlio Rossi-Doria, 2005: 45-73.