The definition of "entrepreneurial minorities" is considered. Some groups are renowned for entrepreneurial abilities and are mentioned frequently, and hence are important in explaining economic development. The celebrated "Weber's Thesis" linking Protestantism with capitalism is inadequate to...

This original and controversial contribution to the topical debate on Britain's economic decline presents a critique of the thesis made familiar in recent years by Martin J. Wiener, Anthony Sampson, Correlli Barnett and others