The Spirit of Capitalism
Subtitle: Nationalism and Economic Growth
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: November 30, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9780674006140
Subjects: Capitalist or free market economies; Political economy; Sociology, Social Studies; World history; Social Science; Economic development; Business / Economics / Finance; Sociology; Development - Economic Development; Free Enterprise; Sociology - General; Social Science / Sociology / General; Economic aspects; Nationalism
Description: 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].