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The Spirit of Capitalism answers a fundamental question of economics, a question neither economists nor economic historians have been able to answer: what are the reasons (rather than just the conditions) for sustained economic growth? Taking her title from Max Weber's famous study on the same... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Adam Smith: Add a description of this character.
- Hamilton
- Fukuzawa Yukichi
- Weber
- Ishida
- Holland
- Defoe
- Marx
- Colbert
- Savary
- Stein
- Coyer
- Montchrétien
- Gotzkowsky
- Frederick
- Charles
- Wheeler
- Van Der Woude
- Franklin
- Schama
- Rostow
- Müller
- Henry Adams
- Friedrich Wilhelm
- Justi
- Suzuki
- Sakuma
- Tawney
- Carey
- Shibusawa
- Sugita
- Vries
- Kraus
- Sato
- Emerson
- Aizawa
- Hideyoshi
- Kido
- Hart
- Jefferson
- Dunbar
- Rousseau
- Yamamoto
- Duer
- Ogyu Sorai
- Hardenberg
- Hanover
Setting & Locations edit
- New England
- Tokugawa Japan
- France
- Germany
- United States
- Europe
- Prussia
- America
- Great Britain
- Netherlands
- Republic
- Jena
- Spain
- China
- Confucianism
- London
- Heaven
- Paris
- Staatswirtschaft
- Flanders
- Berlin
- Washington
- Amsterdam
- Massachusetts
- Italy
- Asia
- Zollverein
- Austria
- Zeeland
- Kyoto
- Brabant
- Antwerp
- Africa
- Edo
- Leipzig
- Pennsylvania
- Korea
- Romantic
- Virginia
- New York
- Scotland
- Kentucky
- Venice
- Osaka
- Bruges
Authors & Contributors edit
- Liah Greenfeld (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 338.9
Subjects edit
- Books › Business & Investing › Economics › Theory
- Books › Business & Investing › Popular Economics › Policy & Current Events
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology
- Books › Business & Investing › Economics › Economic Policy & Development
- Books › Business & Investing › Economics › Development & Growth
- Books › Business & Investing › Economics › Free Enterprise
- Books › History › World
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