“Culture makes all the difference,” Romney said at a fundraiser in Israel, comparing the country’s economic vitality to Palestinian poverty. Certainly there is a pedigree for this idea. Romney cited David Landes, an economics historian. He could have cited Max Weber, the great German scholar who first made this claim 100 years ago in his book “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism,” which argued that Protestant values were the most important fuel for economic progress.
Ukraine war briefing: US reportedly mulling further sanctions on Russia
that could hit banking sector
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Trump said he would not schedule any talks with Putin unless it was clear
that the Russian leader was serious about ending the war. What we know on
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