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

Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 2017, xxii + 265 Pages, USD 29.99 (paperback)

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Koyama, M. Jared Rubin: Rulers, religion, and riches: Why the West got rich and the Middle East did not?. Public Choice 172, 549–552 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-017-0464-6

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