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Weber revisited : the protestant ethic and the spirit of nationalism

Kersting, Felix; Wohnsiedler, Iris; Wolf, Nikolaus - 2019

We revisit Max Weber's hypothesis on the role of Protestantism for economic development. We show that nationalism is crucial to both, the interpretation of Weber's Protestant Ethic and empirical tests thereof. For late 19th century Prussia we reject Weber's suggestion that Protestantism mattered...

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First Philosophy of Democratic Capitalism as Creative Economy : A Thomistic Onto-Theology of Self-Communicative Ownership

Meng, Jude Chua Soo - 2006

of the true spirit of the creative economy, which should be the theological norm for democratic capitalism, insofar as … capitalism aspires to be such a creative economy. This is no blind praise of any capitalist system, but proposes itself as a … normative thesis as well as a justificatory thesis of capitalism. Hence its title, First Philosophy of Democratic Capitalism As …

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Millennial Sikhs in a Capitalist Economy

Singh, Nirvikar - 2022

Sikh teachings emphasize hard work and individual responsibility, as well as sharing and social justice. Those teachings also speak to the fundamental limits of material wealth accumulation. This paper examines how millennial Sikhs in northern California individually and collectively address the...

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The scientist and the church

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

The April 21, 2005 issue of the LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS carried a lead article titled ‘Blood for Oil?’ The paper is attributed to a group of writers and activists – Iain Boal, T.J. Clark, Joseph Matthews and Michael Watts – who identify themselves by the collective name ‘Retort.’ In...

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Ethical Crisis in Capitalism: Filling the Ethical Void with Islamic Economic Teachings in Economic Practices

Shaikh, Salman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This paper discusses the ethical void in Capitalism which does not look prominent in welfare societies and states. But … influenced by an inner urge other than material interests as in Capitalism. This inner urge can be rekindled by looking beyond …

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Data policies and data archives : a new paradigm for academic publishing in economic sciences?

Vlaeminck, Sven; Herrmann, Lisa-Kristin - 2015

In our paper we summarise the findings of an empirical study in which a sample of 346 journals in economics and … gives some recommendations for suitable data policies in economics and business sciences journals. In addition, we also …

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An Ideal Islamic Economic System : A Gone Case?

Shaikh, Salman Ahmed Ahmed - 2010

often discussed in literature and seminars on Islamic Economics; whereas, in reality, the lack of these values in practice …

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An Ideal Islamic Economic System: A Gone Case

Shaikh, Salman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

often discussed in literature and seminars on Islamic Economics; whereas, in reality, the lack of these values in practice …

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Estado mínimo, agencias de protección y control territorial

Estrada, Fernando - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

This article exposes key aspects for the theoretical analysis of the political reality in Colombia in moments of severe derived social uncertainty of the conflict and the fork of serious dilemmas on the institutional order that comes from political campaigns influenced decisively by the...

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How economics helped shape American Judaism

Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2010

This chapter discusses the strong impact of economic forces, and changes in the economic environment, on American Jewish observance and American Jewish religious institutions in the 20th century. Beginning with the immigrants' experience of dramatic economic change between the old country and...

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