Marcus Shera on New Institutional Economics and the Armenian Genocide

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Loose, Vague, and Indeterminate

George Mason Economics Society

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Loose, Vague, and Indeterminate is the podcast of the Economics Society at George Mason University. The title is a phrase used by Adam Smith in The Theory of Moral Sentiments to describe the set of rules that are not "precise and accurate." Since economics is all about people and the decisions they make, very little of it is precise and accurate. Every Friday, this podcast dives into the looseness, vagueness, and indeterminacy with interviews of undergraduate students, graduate students, professors, and outsiders exploring economics from all angles.

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Marcus Shera on New Institutional Economics and the Armenian Genocide

Loose, Vague, and Indeterminate

52 minutes 44 seconds

6 years ago

Marcus Shera on New Institutional Economics and the Armenian Genocide

GMU econ student Marcus Shera joins the show to discuss a paper he wrote on the Armenian Genocide. Inspired by his Armenian heritage, he used the tools of new institutional economics to analyze the genocide as a homogenization technology by the Ottoman Empire. We discuss Ottoman history, Islamic law, and different kinds of religious toleration. We also have a surprise guest.