The Hindu:
Secularising Europe?s economy
8 May 2018
It is widely known that the Protestant Reformation, which was launched by popular reformers like Martin Luther and John Calvin in the 16th century, brought about an abrupt end to the massive and unquestioned powers of the Catholic Church. What is not fully appreciated, however, is the role that the Reformation played in secularising the European economy. This is elaborated in a forthcoming paper in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, “Religious competition and reallocation: The political economy of secularisation in the Protestant Reformation”, by Davide Cantoni, Jeremiah Dittmar and Noam Yuchtman.
Related publications
Religious Competition and Reallocation: The Political Economy of Secularization in the Protestant Reformation , Davide Cantoni, Jeremiah Dittmar, Noam Yuchtman , NBER Working Paper No. 23934.October 2017.