The Gospel of Wealth Essays and Other Writings

by Carnegie, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780143039891
• ISBN10: 014303989X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-26
• Publisher: Penguin Classics

Summary

Words of wisdom from American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie Focusing on Carnegie's most famous essay, "The Gospel of Wealth," this book of his writings, published here together for the first time, demonstrates the late steel magnate's beliefs on wealth, poverty, the public good, and capitalism. Carnegie's commitment to ensuring and promoting the welfare of his fellow human beings through philanthropic deeds ranged from donations to universities and museums to establishing more than 2,500 public libraries in the English-speaking world, and he gave away more than $350 million toward those efforts during his lifetime. The Gospel of Wealthis an eloquent testament to the importance of charitable giving for the public good.

Author Biography

Andrew Carnegie emigrated from Scotland to the United States in 1848 at the age of 13. At age 65 he sold the Carnegie Steel Company to JP Morgan for $480 million and devoted the rest of his life to writing and philanthropy.

David Nasaw is the author of the nationally bestselling biography The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst, winner of the Bancroft Prize for History, the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, the Ambassador Book Prize for Biography, and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is currently a distinguished professor of history and Director for the Humanities at the City University of New York Graduate Center.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. xiv
Note on the Text	p. xv
The Gospel of Wealth	p. 1
The Best Fields for Philanthropy	p. 13
The Advantages of Poverty	p. 31
The Gospel of Wealth II	p. 56
Wealth and Its Uses	p. 68
Business	p. 84
The Three-Legged Stool	p. 108
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