"raghu" <[email protected]> wrote: 

> I was referring of course to the Weberian concept of the protestant 
> work ethic as a driving force for capitalism. ... 

Return on investment (or is it capital) is the driving force for capitalism. 
There is no work ethic for the owners of capital. 

> What is the Marxist take on this phenomenon of long and grueling working 
> hours on Wall St? ... 

When the markets close, not many are working. 

> My understanding is that Marxism does not assign a lot of weight to 
> sociological explanations of events and phenomena. 

> In my opinion that is a weakness of that ideology. 

A theory isn't an ideology. There is no need to complicate Marx's economic 
theory. 

-- 
Ron 

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