The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and The Gospel of Wealth

ISBN: 1440442460

Author: Carnegie, Andrew

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Carnegie was one of the most famous leaders of industry of the late 19th and early 20th centuries . His net worth in 2007 dollars would have been $298.3 billion according to Forbes magazine.The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie , was published posthumously in 1920.The Gospel of Wealth, is an essay written by Andrew Carnegie in 1901 that described the responsibility of philanthropy by the new upper class of self-made rich. The central thesis of Carnegie's essay was the peril of allowing large sums of money to be passed into the hands of persons or organizations ill-equipped mentally or emotionally to cope with them. As a result, the wealthy entrepreneur must assume the responsibility of distributing his fortune in a way that it will be put to good use, and not wasted on frivolous expenditure.