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The Spirit of Capitalism

by Liah Greenfeld

NationalismEconomic developmentEconomic aspects

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].

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Book data: Open Library