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Weber on Religion
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Weber, in *The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism*, argued Protestant beliefs about work and thrift helped drive capitalism's rise in early modern Europe.
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Weber traced the most developed capitalist economies of his period to heavily Protestant societies with Protestant business leaders.
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Weber's thesis is contested when applied to the present; the historical claim and its modern extension are separate questions.