Jared Rubin
@jaredcrubin.com
Economics Professor at Chapman University. President of ASREC. Author of Rulers, Religion and Riches http://amzn.to/3luy5qe and How the World Became Rich http://amzn.to/2ZZJetD
https://www.jaredcrubin.com/
https://www.howtheworldbecamerich.com/
https://www.jaredcrubin.com/
https://www.howtheworldbecamerich.com/
ASREC Graduate Student Workshop
19-21 March 2026
Orange CA
Join me, @avitallivny.bsky.social, Dan Hungerman, and Jonathan Schulz for one day of lectures overviewing the field followed by attending the ASREC conference
Deadline: 14 November
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
19-21 March 2026
Orange CA
Join me, @avitallivny.bsky.social, Dan Hungerman, and Jonathan Schulz for one day of lectures overviewing the field followed by attending the ASREC conference
Deadline: 14 November
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
ASREC Graduate Student Workshop
19-21 March 2026
Orange CA
Join me, @avitallivny.bsky.social, Dan Hungerman, and Jonathan Schulz for one day of lectures overviewing the field followed by attending the ASREC conference
Deadline: 14 November
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
19-21 March 2026
Orange CA
Join me, @avitallivny.bsky.social, Dan Hungerman, and Jonathan Schulz for one day of lectures overviewing the field followed by attending the ASREC conference
Deadline: 14 November
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Now, this may not pass current standards of causal inference, but it seems like the fastest path to the Nobel is to write a blurb for How the World Become Rich
October 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Now, this may not pass current standards of causal inference, but it seems like the fastest path to the Nobel is to write a blurb for How the World Become Rich
2026 ASREC Conference
Orange, CA
March 20-21, 2026
Keynote: James Robinson
Submission Deadline: November 7
Join us at Chapman for what should be an amazing event! Seeking papers at the intersection of religion/culture & the social sciences
Submit proposals here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Orange, CA
March 20-21, 2026
Keynote: James Robinson
Submission Deadline: November 7
Join us at Chapman for what should be an amazing event! Seeking papers at the intersection of religion/culture & the social sciences
Submit proposals here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
2026 ASREC Conference
Orange, CA
March 20-21, 2026
Keynote: James Robinson
Submission Deadline: November 7
Join us at Chapman for what should be an amazing event! Seeking papers at the intersection of religion/culture & the social sciences
Submit proposals here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Orange, CA
March 20-21, 2026
Keynote: James Robinson
Submission Deadline: November 7
Join us at Chapman for what should be an amazing event! Seeking papers at the intersection of religion/culture & the social sciences
Submit proposals here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Massively updated version of:
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
Now available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
Now available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
August 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Massively updated version of:
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
Now available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
Now available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
The Turkish translation of How the World Became Rich is now available!
June 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The Turkish translation of How the World Became Rich is now available!
I rarely have work that has direct and clear implications for the present, but this new working paper may be just that
I conceptualize how *ideology* affects political legitimacy. I focus on historical examples, but the application to the present is clear
digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
I conceptualize how *ideology* affects political legitimacy. I focus on historical examples, but the application to the present is clear
digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
April 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I rarely have work that has direct and clear implications for the present, but this new working paper may be just that
I conceptualize how *ideology* affects political legitimacy. I focus on historical examples, but the application to the present is clear
digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
I conceptualize how *ideology* affects political legitimacy. I focus on historical examples, but the application to the present is clear
digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...
Deadline is TODAY for our graduate student workshop!
Graduate students working at the intersection of religion and the social sciences: come join us in Southern California in May!
For more details, visit asrec.org
Graduate students working at the intersection of religion and the social sciences: come join us in Southern California in May!
For more details, visit asrec.org
March 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Deadline is TODAY for our graduate student workshop!
Graduate students working at the intersection of religion and the social sciences: come join us in Southern California in May!
For more details, visit asrec.org
Graduate students working at the intersection of religion and the social sciences: come join us in Southern California in May!
For more details, visit asrec.org
The current issue of JEL includes @durlauf.bsky.social’s excellent essay on How the World Became Rich (w/ Mark Koyama) and Slouching Towards Utopia (@delong.social)!
March 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The current issue of JEL includes @durlauf.bsky.social’s excellent essay on How the World Became Rich (w/ Mark Koyama) and Slouching Towards Utopia (@delong.social)!
The Oxford Handbook of Historical Political Economy is finally out … it looks great!!
Yes, five copies stacked on each other come in at 9.5”
Jeff and I our so proud of how it turned out. Thank you to all the contributors for helping to make a wonderful volume!!
Yes, five copies stacked on each other come in at 9.5”
Jeff and I our so proud of how it turned out. Thank you to all the contributors for helping to make a wonderful volume!!
February 7, 2024 at 5:07 PM
The Oxford Handbook of Historical Political Economy is finally out … it looks great!!
Yes, five copies stacked on each other come in at 9.5”
Jeff and I our so proud of how it turned out. Thank you to all the contributors for helping to make a wonderful volume!!
Yes, five copies stacked on each other come in at 9.5”
Jeff and I our so proud of how it turned out. Thank you to all the contributors for helping to make a wonderful volume!!
**NEW WORKING PAPER**
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
w/ Ali Almelhem, Murat Iyigun & Austin Kennedy
Available at: docs.iza.org/dp16674.pdf
Short 🧵 below…
1/7
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
w/ Ali Almelhem, Murat Iyigun & Austin Kennedy
Available at: docs.iza.org/dp16674.pdf
Short 🧵 below…
1/7
December 19, 2023 at 1:01 PM
**NEW WORKING PAPER**
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
w/ Ali Almelhem, Murat Iyigun & Austin Kennedy
Available at: docs.iza.org/dp16674.pdf
Short 🧵 below…
1/7
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
w/ Ali Almelhem, Murat Iyigun & Austin Kennedy
Available at: docs.iza.org/dp16674.pdf
Short 🧵 below…
1/7
Adding some new verbiage to my European Economic History syllabus. Trying to find a middle ground ... hoping this works!
December 15, 2023 at 5:20 PM
Adding some new verbiage to my European Economic History syllabus. Trying to find a middle ground ... hoping this works!
If you are attending ASSA in San Antonio, stop by the ASREC session on Friday (Jan 5) at 1015am. It will be amazing!!
Session: Evolution of Religion, Culture, and Beliefs
Including fantastic papers from Nathan Nunn, Charles Efferson & Ingela Alger
Chaired by Vicky Fouka
Session: Evolution of Religion, Culture, and Beliefs
Including fantastic papers from Nathan Nunn, Charles Efferson & Ingela Alger
Chaired by Vicky Fouka
December 7, 2023 at 5:19 PM
If you are attending ASSA in San Antonio, stop by the ASREC session on Friday (Jan 5) at 1015am. It will be amazing!!
Session: Evolution of Religion, Culture, and Beliefs
Including fantastic papers from Nathan Nunn, Charles Efferson & Ingela Alger
Chaired by Vicky Fouka
Session: Evolution of Religion, Culture, and Beliefs
Including fantastic papers from Nathan Nunn, Charles Efferson & Ingela Alger
Chaired by Vicky Fouka
Joel Mokyr getting religion in a public lecture at Beloit College
October 28, 2023 at 2:19 AM
Joel Mokyr getting religion in a public lecture at Beloit College
The Oxford Handbook of Historical Political Economy will be out in print next month!
Just got the proofs of the front and back covers ... looks great!
Just got the proofs of the front and back covers ... looks great!
October 19, 2023 at 9:45 PM
The Oxford Handbook of Historical Political Economy will be out in print next month!
Just got the proofs of the front and back covers ... looks great!
Just got the proofs of the front and back covers ... looks great!
With Claudia Goldin's extremely well-deserved Nobel, time to update this figure
*Note: books and handbook chapters not included **Congrats Claudia!!!
*Note: books and handbook chapters not included **Congrats Claudia!!!
October 9, 2023 at 8:24 PM
With Claudia Goldin's extremely well-deserved Nobel, time to update this figure
*Note: books and handbook chapters not included **Congrats Claudia!!!
*Note: books and handbook chapters not included **Congrats Claudia!!!
***ASREC Graduate Student Workshop***
February 29-March 2, 2024
Chapman University
Orange, CA
An excellent introduction to the economics of religion by Jared Rubin, Jeanet Bentzen, Jean-Paul Carvalho & Avital Livny
Apply here by November 10: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
February 29-March 2, 2024
Chapman University
Orange, CA
An excellent introduction to the economics of religion by Jared Rubin, Jeanet Bentzen, Jean-Paul Carvalho & Avital Livny
Apply here by November 10: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 29, 2023 at 3:21 PM
***ASREC Graduate Student Workshop***
February 29-March 2, 2024
Chapman University
Orange, CA
An excellent introduction to the economics of religion by Jared Rubin, Jeanet Bentzen, Jean-Paul Carvalho & Avital Livny
Apply here by November 10: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
February 29-March 2, 2024
Chapman University
Orange, CA
An excellent introduction to the economics of religion by Jared Rubin, Jeanet Bentzen, Jean-Paul Carvalho & Avital Livny
Apply here by November 10: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
***ASREC 2024***
Orange, CA
Chapman University
March 1-2, 2024
Join us in Southern California for ASREC 2024! We seek social science papers on religion & culture
Keynote: Anna Grzymala-Busse
Submission deadline: November 10, 2023
Apply here: forms.gle/ZXCXk5aKn5JE...
Orange, CA
Chapman University
March 1-2, 2024
Join us in Southern California for ASREC 2024! We seek social science papers on religion & culture
Keynote: Anna Grzymala-Busse
Submission deadline: November 10, 2023
Apply here: forms.gle/ZXCXk5aKn5JE...
September 27, 2023 at 6:28 PM
***ASREC 2024***
Orange, CA
Chapman University
March 1-2, 2024
Join us in Southern California for ASREC 2024! We seek social science papers on religion & culture
Keynote: Anna Grzymala-Busse
Submission deadline: November 10, 2023
Apply here: forms.gle/ZXCXk5aKn5JE...
Orange, CA
Chapman University
March 1-2, 2024
Join us in Southern California for ASREC 2024! We seek social science papers on religion & culture
Keynote: Anna Grzymala-Busse
Submission deadline: November 10, 2023
Apply here: forms.gle/ZXCXk5aKn5JE...
Very excited to be co-organizing (with Taylor Jaworski) the *FIRST* ever Chapman Economic History Seminar Series
We have a fantastic slate - let us know if you are in southern California and would like to attend!
We have a fantastic slate - let us know if you are in southern California and would like to attend!
September 25, 2023 at 9:14 PM
Very excited to be co-organizing (with Taylor Jaworski) the *FIRST* ever Chapman Economic History Seminar Series
We have a fantastic slate - let us know if you are in southern California and would like to attend!
We have a fantastic slate - let us know if you are in southern California and would like to attend!
Chapter 45
Church, State, and Historical Political Economy
Sascha O. Becker and Steven Pfaff
Church, State, and Historical Political Economy
Sascha O. Becker and Steven Pfaff
September 22, 2023 at 7:09 PM
Chapter 45
Church, State, and Historical Political Economy
Sascha O. Becker and Steven Pfaff
Church, State, and Historical Political Economy
Sascha O. Becker and Steven Pfaff
Chapter 44
Culture in Historical Political Economy
Sara Lowes
Culture in Historical Political Economy
Sara Lowes
September 22, 2023 at 7:08 PM
Chapter 44
Culture in Historical Political Economy
Sara Lowes
Culture in Historical Political Economy
Sara Lowes
Chapter 43
Health in Historical Political Economy
James J. Feigenbaum
Health in Historical Political Economy
James J. Feigenbaum
September 22, 2023 at 7:08 PM
Chapter 43
Health in Historical Political Economy
James J. Feigenbaum
Health in Historical Political Economy
James J. Feigenbaum
Chapter 42
The Historical Political Economy of Education
Agustina S. Paglayan
The Historical Political Economy of Education
Agustina S. Paglayan
September 22, 2023 at 7:07 PM
Chapter 42
The Historical Political Economy of Education
Agustina S. Paglayan
The Historical Political Economy of Education
Agustina S. Paglayan
Chapter 41
Market and Government Provision of Safety Nets and Social Welfare Spending in Historical Political Economy
Price Fishback
Market and Government Provision of Safety Nets and Social Welfare Spending in Historical Political Economy
Price Fishback
September 22, 2023 at 7:07 PM
Chapter 41
Market and Government Provision of Safety Nets and Social Welfare Spending in Historical Political Economy
Price Fishback
Market and Government Provision of Safety Nets and Social Welfare Spending in Historical Political Economy
Price Fishback
Chapter 40
Immigration in Historical Political Economy
Margaret E. Peters
Immigration in Historical Political Economy
Margaret E. Peters
September 22, 2023 at 7:06 PM
Chapter 40
Immigration in Historical Political Economy
Margaret E. Peters
Immigration in Historical Political Economy
Margaret E. Peters