Protestant ethics - Habits of success series

“Calvinism, in comparison, appears to be more closely related to the hard legalism and the active enterprise of bourgeois-capitalistic entrepreneurs.”

Max Weber

In his famous book, ‘Protestant ethics’ Sociologist Weber has described the effect of religion on the prosperity of a society. Protestant religion emphasizes hard work and frugality, unlike other several religions which emphasize on sacrificial, otherworldly and non-materialistic values. The spread of protests in England helped it in becoming a modern capitalistic economy. And later these same ethics made America wealthiest nation on earth that ever existed. You don’t have to become a protestant to get rich; you just have to understand basic protestant values.