The Spirit of Capitalism

Argues that the motivation, or "spirit," behind the modern, growth-oriented economy was not the liberation of the "rational economic actor," but rather nationalism. Nationalism committed masses of people to an endless race for national prestige and thus brought into being the phenomenon of economic competitiveness. [book cover].

Year

2001

Language

English

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Editions

6

Pages

576

ISBN

9780674006140

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