with Anthony Gill (University of Washington), on the emergence and initiatives of Islamic economics, January 9, 2012.
Category Archives: Publications
Article: “The Economic Roots of Political Underdevelopment in the Middle East: A Historical Perspective”
“The Economic Roots of Political Underdevelopment in the Middle East: A Historical Perspective.” Southern Economic Journal, 78 (2012): 1086-95.
- Turkish translation by Gözde Soykan: “Ortadoğu’daki Politik Başarısızlıkların Ekonomik Kökenleri: Tarihsel Bir Perspektif,” Journal of Economics and Political Economy, 1 (September 2014): 68-76.
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.
Co-edited book: Aptullah Kuran, “Selçuklular’dan Cumhuriyet’e Türkiye’de Mimarlık / Architecture in Turkey from the Seljuks to the Republic”
Aptullah Kuran, Selçuklular’dan Cumhuriyet’e Türkiye’de Mimarlık / Architecture in Turkey from the Seljuks to the Republic, ed. by Çiğdem Kafesçioğlu, Lucienne Thys-Şenocak and Timur Kuran (İş Bank Publications, 2012), 788 pp. Table of contents + preface by Timur Kuran + Introduction by Çiğdem Kafesçioğlu and Lucienne Thys-Şenocak.
Co-edited book: Institutions and Patterns of Economic Development
Masahiko Aoki, Timur Kuran, and Gérard Roland, eds., in cooperation with Bina Aggarwal and Jan Svejnar, Institutions and Patterns of Economic Development: Vol. 1 of the Proceedings of the Sixteenth World Congress of the International Economic Association (London: Palgrave, 2012).
Interview: “World Economic Crisis”
Interview on BBC Forum program podcast on “World Economic Crisis,” moderated by Bridget Kendall. Participants: Timur Kuran, Danny Quah (LSE) and Robert Skidelsky (British House of Lords), December 14, 2011.
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.
Roundtable paper: “Synergies between Middle Eastern Economic History and the Analytic Social Sciences”
“Synergies between Middle Eastern Economic History and the Analytic Social Sciences,” International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 44 (2012): 542-45.
Op-ed: “The Weak Foundations of Arab Democracy”
“The Weak Foundations of Arab Democracy,” New York Times, May 28, 2011.
- French translation: “Démocratie Arabe : Des Fondations Fragiles.” Libre Afrique.
Book excerpt: “Long Divergence”
Excerpt of Long Divergence: Milken Institute Review, 13 (2011): 59-76.
Interview: “Historical Roots of Middle Eastern Uprisings”
Radio interview with Kai Ryssdal on Marketplace (March 4, 2011): “Historical Roots of Middle Eastern Uprisings.“
Op-ed: “The Politics of Revolutionary Surprise”
“The Politics of Revolutionary Surprise,” Project Syndicate, February 2, 2011.
- Arabic translation: سياسة المفاجأة الثورية
- Chinese translation: 突发革命背后的政治
- French translation: La politique de surprise révolutionnaire
- German translation: Politik der revolutionären Überraschungen
- Russian translation: Политика революционного сюрприза
- Spanish translation: La política de la sorpresa revolucionaria
Popular essay: “Legal Roots of Economic Underdevelopment in the Middle East”
“Legal Roots of Economic Underdevelopment in the Middle East,” European Financial Review (February-March 2011): 10-11 (essay summarizing the Long Divergence).
Review essay: “West is Best? Why Civilizations Rise and Fall”
“West is Best? Why Civilizations Rise and Fall”. Foreign Affairs, 90 (January-February 2011): 159-63. Printer friendly version.
