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Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (view source)
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Coleson (1972) argues that the general thrust of the Weber thesis is supported by examining the record of the last century. Those nations with a work ethic and moral standards that are followed, i.e., capitalist nations, are prosperous, while those with a lazy peasantry, a corrupt government, and no moral code, i.e., the Third World, are still suffering famine and poverty.<ref> Edward Coleson, "Weber Revisited: The Reformation and Economic Development Today." ''Fides et Historia'' 1972 4(2): 73-84. </ref>
Coleson (1972) argues that the general thrust of the Weber thesis is supported by examining the record of the last century. Those nations with a work ethic and moral standards that are followed, i.e., capitalist nations, are prosperous, while those with a lazy peasantry, a corrupt government, and no moral code, i.e., the Third World, are still suffering famine and poverty.<ref> Edward Coleson, "Weber Revisited: The Reformation and Economic Development Today." ''Fides et Historia'' 1972 4(2): 73-84. </ref>
Weber's thesis is reflected in the business success of the [[Yankees]] in the United States, and the Presbyterians in [[Scotland]], as well as by Protestant [[Germany]]. In recent years, however, Catholic southern Germany has outpaced Protestant Germany.
Weber's thesis is reflected in the business success of the [[Yankees]] in the United States, and the Presbyterians in [[Scotland]]<ref> See Marshall (1980)</ref>, as well as by Protestant [[Germany]]. In recent years, however, Catholic southern Germany has outpaced Protestant Germany.
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* Kalberg, Stephen. ''Max Weber's Comparative Historical Sociology'' (1994).
* Kalberg, Stephen. ''Max Weber's Comparative Historical Sociology'' (1994).
* Lehmann, Hartmut, and Guenther Roth, eds. ''Weber's Protestant Ethic: Origins, Evidence, Contexts'' (1993)
* Lehmann, Hartmut, and Guenther Roth, eds. ''Weber's Protestant Ethic: Origins, Evidence, Contexts'' (1993)
* Marshall, Gordon. "The Dark Side of the Weber Thesis: The Case of Scotland." ''British Journal of Sociology'' 1980 31(3): 419-440 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/589374 in JSTOR]
* Swatos, William H., and Lutz Kaelber, eds. ''The Protestant Ethic Turns 100: Essays on the Centenary of the Weber Thesis'' (2005)
* Swatos, William H., and Lutz Kaelber, eds. ''The Protestant Ethic Turns 100: Essays on the Centenary of the Weber Thesis'' (2005)
* Woodward, C. Vann "The Southern Ethic in a Puritan World," ''William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 25, No. 3 (Jul., 1968), pp. 344-370 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1921772 in JSTOR]</ref>
* Woodward, C. Vann "The Southern Ethic in a Puritan World," ''William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 25, No. 3 (Jul., 1968), pp. 344-370 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1921772 in JSTOR]====references====
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