Is Religion a Key to Economic Development?

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How important is religion for explaining economic development? You said before, norms are important. So why isn't religion also a key well, i think it'simportant for us to think about what are the mechanisms that we use to tran shape norms overtime. Some of them are just kind of an invisible hand process where nobody's in charge. And norms often, i think, go in directions that are beneficial and nnappropriate....

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Recorded May 13th, 2020 Other ways to connect

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