Discussion: comment on: people's opium? religion and economic attitudes

Article Abstract:

An economic study of how religious attitudes and practices affect an economy implies an interaction of institutions with religion. The logic followed is similar to that of Max Weber, who argued that religious belief and practice affect other attitudes which in turn affect economic decisions.

Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Religion

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Discussion: comment on: social capital and growth

Article Abstract:

Recent economic research on social capital has treated it as a 'given,' but the paper under consideration raises the question of where social capital comes from, indicating that there are ways in which public policy can influence it.

Infrastructure (Economics), Labor mobility, Labour mobility

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Discussion: comment on: the injustice of inequality

Article Abstract:

A model of the judicial system that displays how inequity, particularly of political power, can corrupt the system, has generated results that may not be robust to variations in their specific modeling assumptions.

Models, Rich, Rich people, Courts

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