What Paul Seabright thinks about religion

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British economist at the Toulouse School of Economics; author of The Company of Strangers, The War of the Sexes and The Divine Economy.

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1. 10 Aug 2026

   Our readingReligious movements can be understood as platforms that govern communities and take a share of the value they create.

   Their wordsI then draw on recent platform-economics models to reinterpret religious movements as platforms: organizations that facilitate and govern relationships—most notably communities—and appropriate a share of the value generated by these interactions.

   ↗New publication: The Economics of Religion: A Reviewpaulseabright.com