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.
Category Archives: Islam & economic development
Interview: “Islam and the Economy”
with Hiroyuki Kotaki, “Islam and the Economy,” Nikkei newspaper (Tokyo), December 13, 2014.
Op-ed: “Economic and Political Effects of European Restrictions on Muslim Religious Freedom”
“Economic and Political Effects of European Restrictions on Muslim Religious Freedom.” Cornerstone, December 2014 .
Interview: “Study Explores Ottoman Empire’s Upside Down Lending System”
With Steven Richmond and Jared Rubin on financial markets in Ottoman Istanbul: “Study Explores Ottoman Empire’s Upside Down Lending System.” BadCredit.org, November 6, 2014.
Article: “Bénéfice Inattendu des Capitulations: Facilitation de L’Échange Impersonnel”
“Bénéfice Inattendu des Capitulations: Facilitation de L’Échange Impersonnel,” translated by Michel Bruneau. Anatoli (Dossier Thématique: Configurations Économiques dans L’Espace Post-Ottoman), 5 (2014): 53-80. Drawn from Long Divergence, chaps. 11-12.
Article: “The Political Consequences of Islam’s Economic Legacy”
“The Political Consequences of Islam’s Economic Legacy.” Philosophy & Social Criticism, 39 (2013): 345-405.
Video: “Unlikely Heroes of the Arab Spring, with Hernando de Soto”
“Unlikely Heroes of the Arab Spring, with Hernando de Soto” (educational video of Free to Choose Network for PBS; includes segments from a Duke interview), 2013.
Article: “Economic Modernization in Late British India: Hindu-Muslim Differences”
(with Anantdeep Singh) “Economic Modernization in Late British India: Hindu-Muslim Differences”. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 61 (2013): 503-38.
Encyclopedia article: “Economic Theory”
“Economic Theory,” Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012): 142-44.
Interview: “Crescent Moon Capitalism”
with Noah Blazer, “Crescent Moon Capitalism: Timur Kuran Weighs the Legacy of Islam’s Divergence from the West,” Today’s Zaman, June 28, 2012.
Policy brief: “Building Arab Civil Society to Promote Economic Growth”
“Building Arab Civil Society to Promote Economic Growth.” Addressing the 100 Million Youth Challenge: Perspectives on Youth Unemployment in the Arab World 2012, World Economic Forum, 4-6 June 2012, 15-17.
Interview: “How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East”
Radio interview with David Inge, WILL am 580, Illinois Public Media, on “How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East,” April 9, 2012.
Article: “Judicial Biases in Ottoman Istanbul: Islamic Justice and Its Compatibility with Modern Economic Life”
(with Scott Lustig) “Judicial Biases in Ottoman Istanbul: Islamic Justice and Its Compatibility with Modern Economic Life.” Journal of Law and Economics, 55 (2012): 631-66.
Interview: “Why Can’t the Middle East Catch Up to the World’s Leading Economies”
Radio interview with Jerry Bowyer, The American Entrepreneur, November 10, 2011: “Why Can’t the Middle East Catch Up to the World’s Leading Economies.”
Op-ed: “Phase III of the Arab World’s Modernization: Building Accountability and Boosting Creativity”
Op-ed: “Phase III of the Arab World’s Modernization: Building Accountability and Boosting Creativity,” pp. 10-11 in World Economic Forum, 21 October 2011, The Compendium on Economic Governance in the Arab World 2011.
