Rulers, religion, and riches: Why the West got rich and the Middle East did not

Jared Rubin

Originally published in Public Choice

Mark Koyama reviews Rulers, religion, and riches: Why the West got rich and Middle East did not (Cambridge University Press, 2017) by Jared Rubin. 

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