TY - BOOK AU - Rubin, Jared TI - Rulers, Religion and Riches: Why the West Got Rich and the Middle East Did Not SN - 9781108400053 U1 - 330.954 PY - 2017/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Economics - Europe, Western - Religious aspects. KW - Economics - Religious aspects N1 - Part I. Propagation of rule: a theory of economic success and stagnation 1. The propagation of rule 2. Historical origins of rule propagation Part II. Applying the theory: why the West got rich and the Middle East did not 3. Bans on taking interest 4. Restrictions on the printing press 5. Printing & the Reformation 6. Success: England & the Dutch Republic 7. Stagnation: Spain & the Ottoman Empire ER -