The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus.
Economists
Max Weber
Born 1864, Erfurt. Giant of social science. Protestant Ethic argued Calvinist asceticism birthed capitalism. Established interpretive sociology, ideal types, iron cage. Died 1920 of Spanish flu.
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