When Religion Meets the Marketplace: Faith, Farming, and Trade-Offs
When Religion Meets the Marketplace: Faith, Farming, and Trade-Offs  
Podcast: The Pie: An Economics Podcast
Published On: Tue Jul 08 2025
Description: What happens when your religion forbids the production of crops that dominate your local economy? In this episode, UChicago economist Eduardo Montero unpacks new research on the economic costs of religious prohibitions, and how these trade-offs shape church membership, satisfaction, and even sermons.