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How religions work as businesses - an economic analysis

How religions work as businesses - an economic analysis

Update: 2024-10-03

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In a new economic analysis of religions, Paul Seabright argues that religions are not the antithesis of economics, instead he likens them to competing businesses, attracting people by providing services such as community and a greater sense of meaning in life.

The Divine Economy, published by Princeton University Press

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Paul Seabright, teaches economics at the Toulouse School of Economics. Prior to that he was a Fellow of All Souls College at the University of Oxford.

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How religions work as businesses - an economic analysis

How religions work as businesses - an economic analysis

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