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Andrew Carnegie
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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.
— p. 653
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist (1835–1919)
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Lived 1835–1919, aged 84United States
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He built an empire on steel, became richer than Rockefeller, then gave nearly all of it away — $350 million in his last 18 years alone. His 1889 "Gospel of Wealth" didn't just advocate for progressive taxation and charity; it rewired how American fortunes think about their endgames.
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Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, and arrived in Pittsburgh at 12 in 1848 with his parents. He started in a cotton mill, moved to telegraphy, then built wealth through railroads, oil, bridges, and bond sales that funneled European capital into American ventures. By the 1860s he'd assembled the pieces; decades later he forged them into Carnegie Steel, which he sold to J. P. Morgan in 1901 for over $303 million — the seed of U.S. Steel and the deal that made him richer than Rockefeller. He spent his remaining 18 years endowing what still carries his name: Carnegie Hall, Carnegie Mellon…
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Andrew Carnegie
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While the law [of competition] may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it insures the survival of the fittest in every department.
— p. 655
Andrew Carnegie
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Those who would administer wisely must, indeed, be wise, for one of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity.
— p. 662
Andrew Carnegie
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Thus is the problem of Rich and Poor to be solved. The laws of accumulation will be left free; the laws of distribution free.
— "Wealth," in: North American Review, June 1889 vol. 148, issue 391, p 653-664.
Andrew Carnegie
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The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.
— p. 664
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