He also studied the workings of bureaucracy and gave the Freiburg Address.
He wrote an economic history of Roman agrarian society and a tract on the dual roles of idealism and materialism in Economy and Society. His vershtehen doctrine said that researchers must interpret people's actions using "ideal types" to understand social and economic phenomena, and his dabblings in positivism signaled his split from Gustav von Schmoller. He also studied the workings of bureaucracy and gave the Freiburg Address. His trademark work describes how Calvinist values, especially dedicating oneself to his duties, resulted in greater economic productivity. FTP name this author of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
He wrote an economic history of Roman agrarian society and a tract on the dual roles of idealism and materialism in Economy and Society.
Max Weber