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360. Is the Protestant Work Ethic Real?

Freakonomics Radio • December 06, 2018

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In the early 20th century, Max Weber argued that Protestantism created wealth. Finally, there are data to prove if he was right. All it took were some missionary experiments in the Philippines and a clever map-matching trick that goes back to 16th-century Germany.

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