Saumitra Jha is an associate professor of political economy at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, and, by courtesy, of economics and of political science, and convenes the Stanford Conflict and Polarization Lab. He is also a senior fellow at the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law within the Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Affairs and at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.
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Political trenches: War can create both political solidarity and extreme polarisation
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- Economic history 
- Politics and economics
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Surviving the Conquest: Inter-ethnic complementarities and indigenous resilience to pandemics and war in Mexico
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- Economic history
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Heroes and villains: How networks of influential individuals helped destroy one of the world’s most durable democracies and legitimise a racist, authoritarian state
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- Economic history 
- Politics and economics