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Originally titled simply “Wealth” and published in the North American Review in June 1889, Andrew Carnegie’s essay “The Gospel of Wealth” is considered a foundational document in the field of philanthropy.
The Gospel of Wealth asserts that hard work and perseverance lead to wealth. Carnegie based his philosophy on the observation that the heirs of large fortunes frequently squandered them in riotous living rather than nurturing and growing them.
Andrew Carnegie. The Gospel of Wealth. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2017 (first published in 1889). Newly edited and annotated 1889 | Essay The Scottish-born industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) was one of the titans of America’s Gilded Age.
Carnegie is today perhaps most celebrated as the author of a pair of articles first published in 1889, which together have come to be known as The Gospel of Wealth. Here, Carnegie boldly articulated his view of the rich as mere trustees of their wealth who should live unostentatiously, provide moderately for their families, and use their
BY ANDREW CARNEGIE. The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship. The conditions of human life have not only been changed, but revolutionized, within the past few hundred years.
Jul 2, 2006 · By Andrew Carnegie. July 2, 2006. I THE PROBLEM OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF WEALTH THE problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, that the ties of brotherhood may still bind...
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Andrew Carnegie wrote “The Gospel of Wealth” in June 1889. Carnegie begins his treatise by identifying what he sees as the most significant problem of modern-day times: “the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship” (1).
Aug 15, 2011 · Carnegie was aware more than most of the extraordinary power of properly-administered wealth, & of the extraordinary waste caused by the mismanagement of wealth in the guise of charity. The core of this manifesto is that those who have earned great wealth (not those who inheritted it) are extraordinary specimens amongst the population - the ...
Jan 1, 2021 · In The Gospel of Wealth, Andrew Carnegie presents a visionary essay on wealth distribution and philanthropy. Carnegie challenges the prevailing notions of wealth accumulation, arguing that...
