Werner Sombart wrote the book The Jews and Modern Capitalism in 1911.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
Multiple independent sources state that Werner Sombart published The Jews and Modern Capitalism in 1911 (the original German Die Juden und das Wirtschaftsleben, with the English translation in 1913). The claim faithfully matches the passage, which names the same book and year; the claimant's own words are not used as evidence.
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… If you're anti-capitalist, how do you avoid looking at the Jews? They clearly are in charge of huge chunks of capital, way out of proportion to their numbers, so the only way out is a special pleading, pretending it's not there: cognitive dissonance. Now, Sombart did teach me something in The Jews and Modern Capitalism, which he wrote in 1911. The wealthiest Jews, going back, not only either, either were Talmudic scholars themselves or financed them, and he says on page 133, the most learned Talmudists were also the cleverest financiers, medical men, jewelers, merchants. …
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Supports. A review of the book states that in 1911 Werner Sombart published his study Die Juden und das Wirtschaftsleben, translated into English as The Jews and Modern Capitalism (1913).[1]
Supports. An academic source states the book was first published in Leipzig in 1911 as Die Juden und das Wirtschaftsleben, with English translation two years later.[2]
Supports. An encyclopedia entry lists The Jews and Modern Capitalism (1911) among Sombart's works, noting the German first publication in 1911 and the 1913 English translation.[3]
Context. Some sources list the 1913 English translation date rather than 1911, but this reflects the translation rather than the original publication, which is the year the claim gives.[1][3]
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3 sources: 1 primary, 2 not rated
- 1Capitalism and the Jews (review)muse.jhu.edu · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 2Anxieties of Distinctiveness: Werner Sombart's The Jews and ...kclpure.kcl.ac.uk · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Werner Sombart | Encyclopedia.comencyclopedia.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
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