Podcast with Julia Galef: “Private Truths, Public Lies“. 10 December 2017, Rationally Speaking. Full transcript.
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Interview: “Why Weinstein Held on For So Long and Fell So Fast”
Interview by Virginia Postrel on “Why Weinstein Held On for So Long and Fell So Fast.” BloombergView, 17 October 2017.
Article: “Another Road to Serfdom: Cascading Intolerance”
“Another Road to Serfdom: Cascading Intolerance,” in Can It Happen Here? Authoritarianism in America, ed. Cass R. Sunstein (New York: Dey Street Books, 2018), pp. 233-76. Typescript.
Article: “The Logic of Revolutions: Rational Choice Perspectives”
(with Diego Romero) “The Logic of Revolutions: Rational Choice Perspectives.” Oxford Handbook of Public Choice: forthcoming 2017.
Op-ed: “Turkey’s Changing Freedom Deficit”
“Turkey’s Changing Freedom Deficit.” Project Syndicate, September 15, 2016.
- Arabic translation: تركيا وعجز الحرية
- Chinese translation: 土耳其不断变化的自由赤字
- French translation: Le déficit de la Turquie en matière de liberté
- German translation: “Die Einschränkung der Freiheit in der Türkei“.
- Russian translation: Турецкие перемены и дефицит свободы
- Spanish translation: Vaivenes de la falta de libertad en Turquía
Article: “The Financial Power of the Powerless: Socio-Economic Status and Interest Rates Under Partial Rule of Law”
(with Jared Rubin), “The Financial Power of the Powerless: Socio-Economic Status and Interest Rates Under Partial Rule of Law.” Economic Journal, 128 (March 2018): 758-96. Technical appendices. Data set. Typescript at SSRN.
Op-ed: “The Roots of Middle East Mistrust”
“The Roots of Middle East Mistrust.” Project Syndicate, July 8, 2016.
- Arabic translation: جذور انعدام الثقة في الشرق الأوسط
- Chinese translation: 中东缺乏信任的根源
- Czech translation: Kořeny blízkovýchodní nedůvěry
- Dutch translation: De wortels van het wantrouwen in het Midden-Oosten
- French translation: Les racines du manque de confiance au Moyen-Orient
- German translation: Die Wurzeln des Misstrauens im Mittleren Osten
- Indonesian translation: Asal Mula Ketidakpercayaan di Timur Tengah
- Italian translation: Dove affondano le radici della diffidenza del Medio Oriente
- Russian translation: Корни недоверия Ближнего Востока
- Spanish translation: Las raíces de la desconfianza en Oriente Medio
Article: “Legal Roots of Authoritarian Rule in the Middle East: Civic Legacies of the Islamic Waqf”
“Legal Roots of Authoritarian Rule in the Middle East: Civic Legacies of the Islamic Waqf.” American Journal of Comparative Law, 64 (Summer 2016): 419-54.
Comment: “Yaycıoğlu’s Review of Social and Economic Life in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul”
“A Comment on Ali Yaycıoğlu’s Review of Timur Kuran (ed.), Social and Economic Life in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul: Glimpses from Court Records, vols. 1-10 (IJMES 47 (2015):625-27)”, International Journal of Middle East Studies, 48 (2016): 429-32.
Op-ed: “You Can’t Keep a Lid on Discontent Forever”
“You Can’t Keep a Lid on Discontent Forever.” Cato Unbound, March 16, 2016.
Op-ed: “The Authenticity Deficit in Modern Politics”
“The Authenticity Deficit in Modern Politics.” Cato Unbound, March 7, 2016.
Interview: “An Atmosphere of Repression Leads to Preference Falsification among Opinion Leaders”
with Denis Volkov, “An Atmosphere of Repression Leads to Preference Falsification among Opinion Leaders,” Institute of Modern Russia, 14 October 2015.
Article: “Between Markets and Islamic Law: The Evolution of Islamic Credit Cards in Turkey”
(with Murat Çokgezen) “Between Markets and Islamic Law: The Evolution of Islamic Credit Cards in Turkey.” Journal of Comparative Economics, 43 (2015): 862-83.
Encyclopedia article: “Banks and Banking”
“Banks and Banking,” Encyclopedia of Islam, 3rd ed. (Leiden: Brill, 2015), print and online.
Discussion: “The Economic and Political Effects of Restrictions on Religion”
Religious Freedom Project discussion on “The Economic and Political Effects of Restrictions on Religion” moderated by Daniel Philpott. Participants: Timur Kuran and Abdullah Saeed, December 15, 2014.
