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Article Source: History WorldCapitalism is not a form of government. It is an economic term associated with the creation of wealth.
The underlying theme of capitalism is the use of wealth to create more wealth. The simplest form of this is lending money at interest, reviled in the Middle Ages as the sin of usury. At a more sophisticated level capitalism involves investing money in a project in return for a share of the profit.
There are a lot of misconceptions about Capitalism.
The development of capitalism in northern Protestant countries, such as the Netherlands and England, has prompted the theory that the Reformation is a cause of capitalism
CoH please.
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