Have you ever heard of a book called Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism? The lecture on the TV introduced this book and explained a central idea of the book in brief.
Overall, the book explains a relationship between religion and economics, more specifically between protestant and capitalism. The book says those who had economic prosperity in Germany were Protestant, particularly Clavinists.
Calvinists believe that God is so powerful that it determines their destiny regardless of their actions in their lives. Thus, because Calvin wanted to prove that they were born to be good and thus could go to heaven after their deaths, they worked so hard. This idea highly motivated Calvin to pursue as much wealth as possible and contributed the foundation of capitalism.
I was completely fascinated by this idea because I had never thought of a relationship between religion and capitalism. If I have a free time (probably not till the graduation), I really want to read this book and stimulate my curiosity.
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