Titlebook: Religion and Economics; Resit Ergener Book 2020 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Natur

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Exchange Among Humans: Networks of Trust,signia, wearing of religious insignia is more advantageous. Religious insignia is distinct, easy to recognize, and hard to imitate. Plus, the wearing of religious insignia relays the message both to coreligionists and to others that the person is following the teachings of a religion, that his behav

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Religion and the Rise of Inequality,were removed, “aggrandizers” embarked on the path to be better off than others. The main tool they employed for the task was creating debt obligations. Aggrandizers used supernatural connections to justify their claims to productive resources and leadership positions. Another source of surplus was t

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Religion and Hierarchies of Dominance, enabled the consolidation and perpetuation of inequality. There are many types of relations of dominance. We start with the oldest and most basic of all, the dominance of men over women—and President Jimmy Carter’s response to this ancient and deep-rooted practice.

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Religion and Economic Performance,e existence of a positive correlation between religiosity and material well-being seems to be a fact, verified by studies conducted mostly in North America. Various studies find a positive correlation between church attendance and income and a negative correlation between church attendance and behav

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Religion and Historical Divergences in Economic Performance,t led to the breaking up of estates and the reliance of rulers on the clerical establishments for legitimation), absence of monasticism (with monks innovating, producing but abstaining from consumption and with monasteries networking across borders and asserting their rights against rulers), played

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Concluding Remarks,rtainty, promoting charity, attenuating and enhancing dominance, and promoting attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that are good for growth. The successful combinations of religion, ecology, and social structure will prevail. The loser combinations will be wiped out. People resort to religion to gain

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