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The New Bazaar

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Why Religion Is So Important in Human Life

Research by robber barrow and rachel mc cleary, who look at economic growth and how it correlates with religious practices and religious beliefs. What they find is that it's the belief in the punitive god that explains economic growth. That b basically, the stronger your belief that there's a god out there that's going to punish you, the stronger yo, the fast economic growth you have.

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