Date: 2011-04-08 07:13 pm (UTC)
One of my professors once referred to it as "mutant puritanism", as I recall. On the basis that over time, the protestant work ethic got warped into the belief that a person's prosperity reflects their moral character.

It was a lively lecture.
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