Religions should be analyzed as a market in which each denomination is a competing firm, and where there is religious freedom normal economic processes operate: unresponsive religions decline while creative, entrepreneurial ones thrive, and more freedom yields more innovation and in a fundamental sense more and better religion.

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Speaker

Larry Iannaccone

Evidence Quote

A religion that is unresponsive to the perceived needs of people is going to tend to decline. A religion that, on the other hand, is more creative and entrepreneurial will tend to do better over time.

Source

The Economics of Religion with Larry Iannaccone 10/9/2006EconTalk
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