Max weber linked the emergence of capitalism to the (a) calvinist doctrine of predestination (b) catholic monks’ belief in asceticism (c) protestants’ desire for material luxuries (d) increasing power of the nobility in medieval europe incorrect (e) hindu belief in reincarnation

Option (A) is correct.

Explanation:

Predestination is a known as a doctrine or principle under Calvinism which mostly deals with question of authority that God has over the world. The main use of word "predestination" tends to refer to belief under which God tends to appoint eternal destiny of an individual to salvation through grace, whereas abstaining remainder in order to receive hell for all sins committed by them.

it is a better alternative

even though you have attached neither the chart nor the generalizations, i have located them online. the right answer is d, since they are asking you about a generalization. you can only infer from the chart that between 2008 and 2009 the number of employed workers decreased significantly (from over 115 millions to 107 millions approximately), which signals some type of economic crisis.