Given the importance of capitalism it is not unusual to find that a number of leading sociologists have devoted a great deal of effort to the study of capitalism, its emergence and its effects on society. One of these theorists is Max Weber. However, an examination of Weber's interpretation of society, especially in terms of the social fact of existing wage gaps, shows that his theory can be considered one-sided. With this in mind, the purpose of this paper will be to outline how Weber is one-sided, to apply this viewpoint in the analysis of the social fact of existing wage gaps, and to evaluate this analysis in terms of its strengths and weaknesses. 5 pgs. 16 f/c. 5b.
