"Islamic Economics"
My new NYT column looks at Timur Kuran's new book Islam and Mammon, which subjects so-called Islamic economic to rare, and much-needed, empirical and analytical scrutiny.
In November 2001, I wrote this column about some of Timur's path-breaking work in Islamic economic history.
I also recommend his more general book Private Truths, Public Lies, some of whose themes also come up in Islam and Mammon.