Rachel M. McCleary (born 29 September 1953) is a lecturer in the Economics Department at Harvard University[1] and a non-resident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
Her work is interdisciplinary with theoretical grounding in the fields of political science, sociology and economics.
Her research focuses on how religion interacts with economic performance and the political and social behavior of individuals and institutions across societies.
She studies how religious beliefs and practices influence productivity, economic growth and the maintenance of political institutions such as democracy.
Her scholarly work in philosophy focuses on issues of moral agency, consciousness and reasoning.