Jeffery A. Jenkins is a political scientist at the University of Southern California interested in American national institutions. Two of his recent books include: Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865-1968 (2020) with Boris Heersink-which won the 2021 V. O. Key Award and the 2021 J. David Greenstone Prize-and Congress and the First Civil Rights Era, 1861-1918 (2021) with Justin Peck-which won the 2023 V. O. Key Award. He was Editor in Chief of The Journal of Politics (2015-2020) and recently started two new journals: the Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy (2020) and the Journal of Historical Political Economy (2021). Jared Rubin is a professor of economics at Chapman University. His research focuses on historical relationships between political and religious institutions and their role in economic development. He is the author of two recent books, How the World Became Rich (with Mark Koyama, 2022) and Rulers, Religion, and Riches (2017). Rubin is Co-Director of Chapman University's Institute for the Study of Religion, Economics and Society and President of the Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture.