Jaren Rubin Visits CU Boulder
The Economics Department and the Center for Western Civilization, Thought and Policy sponsored Jared Rubin's visit to CU Boulder to present a public lecture, "Rulers, Religion, and Riches: Why the West Got Rich and the Middle East Did Not鈥 and an baby直播apps department seminar titled, 鈥淎 Time to Print, a Time to Reform鈥 from November 29th-30th, 2018.
The public lecture provided an overview of his recent book, which deals with the baby直播app development in Europe and the Middle East and why the 鈥済reat divergence鈥 between two regions occurred. The themes included the role of technology (e.g., the printing press) and religion in conferring legitimacy on the political institutions of these regions.The public lecture provided an overview of his recent book, which deals with the baby直播app development in Europe and the Middle East and why the 鈥済reat divergence鈥 between two regions occurred. The themes included the role of technology (e.g., the printing press) and religion in conferring legitimacy on the political institutions of these regions. The Economics Department seminar covered the material related to a recent working paper that Jared is writing. Jared also had a full day of visiting with economists in the department, where he talked with graduate students and baby直播app.
Results
Jared gave two successful and well-attended lectures. There were 50 attendees at the public lecture and 25 attendees at the seminar. The event was well-attended and conversation and questions during the event were lively and interesting. Jared works with and will continue to work with at least one baby直播app in the baby直播apps department on related research.