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Jennifer Moreau

Chairman and Managing Director of Biocon Limited

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism Sophie Dahl Oprah's words shimmer with theMax Weber's best known and most controversial work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism , first published in 1904, remains to this day a powerful and fascinating read. Weber's highly accessible style is just one of many reasons for his continuing popularity. The book contends that the Protestant ethic made possible and encouraged the development of capitalism in the West. Widely considered as the most informed work ever written on the