Category Archives: Chinese – 中文

Op-ed: “Turkey’s Changing Freedom Deficit”

Turkey’s Changing Freedom Deficit.” Project Syndicate, September 15, 2016.

Op-ed: “The Roots of Middle East Mistrust”

The Roots of Middle East Mistrust.” Project Syndicate, July 8, 2016.

Op-ed: “Political Islam’s Loss of Democratic Legitimacy”

Political Islam’s Loss of Democratic Legitimacy.” Project Syndicate, August 2, 2013.

Op-ed: “The Politics of Revolutionary Surprise”

The Politics of Revolutionary Surprise,” Project Syndicate, February 2, 2011.

Article: “Institutional Causes of Underdevelopment in the Middle East: A Historical Perspective”

Institutional Causes of Underdevelopment in the Middle East: A Historical Perspective,” in Institutional Change and Economic Behavior, ed. János Kornai, Laszlo Matyas, and Gérard Roland (New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2008), pp. 64-76.

  • Chinese translation by Qingjin Zhou: “Zhong Dong Luo Hou de Zhidu Yuanyin: Yige Lishi Shijao.” Journal of Institutional Economic Research,  (2010): in press.

Article: “Why the Middle East Is Economically Underdeveloped: Historical Mechanisms of Institutional Stagnation”

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

Book: Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification

ptpl-kuran-book-originalPrivate Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1995), xv + 423 pp.

  • Russian translation (by Irina Soboleva), with an additional preface: in press, 2016.
  • Chinese translation (by Ding Zhen Huan and Ou Yang Wu): Pian Hao Wei Zhuang De She Hui Huo Guo (Changchun: Changchun Publishing House, 2005), 287 pp.
  • Turkish translation (by Alp Tümertekin), with an additional preface: Yalanla Yaşamak: Tercih Çarpıtmasının Toplumsal Sonuçları(Istanbul : YKY, 2001), 498 pp.
  • Swedish translation (by Margareta Eklöf): Privat Sanning, Offentlig Lögn (Stockholm: City University Press, 1999), 424pp.
  • German translation (by Ekkehard Schöller), with an additional preface: Leben in Lüge: Präferenzverfälschungen und Ihre Gesellschaftlichen Folgen (Tübingen, Germany: J.C.B. Mohr, 1997), xviii + 462 pp.