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Editor’s note: In her just released book, “A New Era of Philanthropy,” Dimple Abichandani, a philanthropy leader and adviser, imagines herself as a podcast host interviewing Andrew Carnegie, often ...
NEW BOOKS The “Gospel of Wealth” Essays and Other Writings, edited by David Nasaw, is a collection of Carnegie’s writings, selected by his biographer, David Nasaw, on capitalism, philanthropy, and ...
Andrew Carnegie's father, Will, ... In 1889 he had written an essay entitled "Wealth," in which he argued the duties of a wealthy man were to live modestly and to use his surplus money for the ...
It was the height of the Gilded Age in 1889, and Andrew Carnegie, a pioneer in the steel industry, laid out why he would be donating the bulk of his wealth to causes and not to his family members.
In the spring of 1889, Andrew Carnegie published an essay on money. If possession confers knowledge, then there was no greater expert on the subject: Carnegie was possibly the richest American who ...
Long before Musk, Zuck, and Bezos, Andrew Carnegie was one of the richest men in the world. But unlike his modern-day peers, Carnegie dedicated much of his life to getting rid of as much of his ...
Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie had a lot of money, and a lot to say about money. Carnegie, along with his parents and younger brother, immigrated to America in 1848.
Bill Gates’s new deadline is: “20 years to give away virtually all my wealth.” ...
Following Andrew Carnegie’s example, let us continue striving to ensure that the public library does not become a paradise lost. Vartan Gregorian is president of the philanthropic foundation Carnegie ...
How Andrew Carnegie set the stage for Bill Gates to give away his fortune, altering philanthropy forever. by Lisa Stiffler on February 8, 2018 at 4:45 am December 19, 2018 at 10:22 am ...
Founder Bill Gates in a statement, cited the 1889 Andrew Carnegie essay "The Gospel of Wealth" that argued the wealthy have a responsibility to return their resources to society as he said he ...