According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the percentage of American workers who take a full week off from work has declined by a third in the last twenty years. If he were alive today, Max Weber might infer from this observation that:
A) The Protestant Ethic persists in American society
B) The American collective conscience looks unfavorably at leisure
C) The creation of surplus value is the single most important value in the US
D) Bureaucracy is an inefficient form of organization and, therefore, workers cannot take time off work

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Max Weber might infer that the Protestant Ethic, which emphasizes hard work and frugality as a means to express one's faith, persists in American society, explaining why fewer workers take a full week off.

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Percentage