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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: JohnM who wrote (30478)5/23/2002 11:11:22 AM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
I don't think Weber's thesis was about religion, per se, but about the cultural differences between the Protestants and the Catholics which were artifacts of their religion.

Perhaps it's not possible to separate the two.

For example, Protestants were more literate because they believed everyone should be able to read the Bible. Catholics did not have that belief.

At any rate, it's an historical fact that countries inhabited primarily by Protestants tend to be more prosperous that countries inhabited primarily by Catholics.

Zeev's argument, which is new to me, is that Jews boycotted Spain after being expelled during the Reconquista. However, the flowering of Spain occurred after 1492, the year the Jews were expelled. So I don't buy it.

And it doesn't explain the relative poverty of Latin America versus North America, nor the relative poverty of Portugal and Italy compared with Northern Europe.

(Disclosure, I am Catholic.)
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