What is the relationship between capitalism and Calvinism?

Question

Gotta know for a history assignment :(

Answer 1

Calvinism was big on predetermination.  That is, God has already picked who is going to heaven and who is not.  People tried to find ways of "knowing" who had been picked to go to heaven.  One way was by looking at who was successful and who was not.  If you were successful that indicated that God favored you and it followed that this meant you must be one of the ones going to heaven.  So people began working harder as a way to show that God favored them.