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Born April 21, 1864 • Erfurt • Prussia
Died June 14, 1920 (aged 56) • Munich • Germany
Notable Works “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism”
Subjects Of Study Protestant ethic • capitalism • Calvinism

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British economist
Piketty, Thomas
Thomas Piketty
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Gunnar Myrdal in 1974
Gunnar Myrdal
Swedish economist and sociologist
Vilfredo Pareto
Vilfredo Pareto
Italian economist and sociologist
Balch, Emily Greene
Emily Greene Balch
American political scientist
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
American social scientist
Daniel Bell
American sociologist
Albion W. Small
American sociologist
Henry C. Carey
American economist
Albert Schäffle
German economist and sociologist
Werner Sombart
German historical economist
Georg Simmel
German sociologist
Joseph Schumpeter
American economist
Beatrice Webb
British economist
John Hewson
Australian politician
Manuel Gamio
Mexican anthropologist and sociologist
Sidney Webb
British economist
Arthur F. Burns
American economist
Lawrence H. Summers
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