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How Puritans became capitalists
A historian traces the moment when Boston’s dour preachers embraced the market

Even in down times like these, America’s economy remains remarkably productive, by far the world’s largest. At its base is a distinctive form of market-driven capitalism that was championed and shaped in Puritan era Boston. (Full article: 1089 words)
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