ufacturing costs are cut by producing goods in developing countries where workers earn pittance salaries, and delivery costs are reduced by making truckers unload their own packages. Their calculations cover every area of their business, even to their firm policy to keep the stores at a regulated temperature, not wasting money on heating or cooling. "It's all part of the Wal-Mart culture: a zealous attention to competition, customers and costs." (Goldman).
Weber traces the history of capitalism and how the traditional leisurely manner in which business was conducted suddenly changed when businessmen began to calculate their efforts in order to make m
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