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In the face of this fact, is there not some justification for the opinion that the United States owe their very existence to the Jews? And if this be so, how much more can it be asserted that Jewish influence made the United States just what they are—that is, American? For what we call Americanism is nothing else, if we may say so, than the Jewish spirit distilled.

Werner Sombart

Werner Sombart

Werner Sombart

Born: January 19, 1863

Died: May 18, 1941 (aged 78)

Bio: Werner Sombart was a German economist and sociologist, the head of the Youngest Historical School and one of the leading Continental European social scientists during the first quarter of the 20th century.

Known for:

The Jews and modern capitalism
Der moderne Kapitalismus
Economic Life in the Modern Age
Der bourgeois (1913)

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