03123cam a2200349 4500 1231530014 TxGeo 20240412120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781662118586 1662118589 a6734fc4-4e48-4dcf-bccb-cedbe942c789 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5545703 OverDrive (Product ID) TxGeo Carnegie, Andrew. The Gospel of Wealth [Libby (Advantage)]. Author's Republic, 2020. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 18MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 18MB. Business. Finance. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>Andrew Carnegie, an immigrant from Dunfermline, Scotland with only a grammar-school education, amassed a fortune in the steel industry the 1800s to become the richest American in history. Yet Carnegie believed strongly that the wealthy should live modestly, without ostentation, and devote their energies after achieving wealth to finding ways to invest their 'surplus wealth' in ways that benefit the public. Historically, private fortunes were handed down to heirs, with bequests to the state for public purposes as well. Carnegie observed that fortunes were often squandered in self-indulgent extravagance and irresponsible spending and felt such funds would be better put to use to help the poor help themselves and reduce the stratification of the classes. He favored a system of progressive inheritance taxes to help facilitate this distribution, but also felt the best results would be achieved when those that had made the fortunes turned their attention to investing their capital in charitable enterprises that they controlled and even managed. He initially published his controversial ideas in the North American Review 1880 in an article titled "Wealth". It was later re-titled "The Gospel of Wealth" and published in the Pall Mall Gazette in 1889. It has become the foundation document that sets forth much of the thinking behind philanthropy since his time. It has been called the 'urtext' of modern philanthropy by Benjamin Soskis, a historian of philanthropy. The article appears here in two versions. The first is a new reading by D. S. Harvey and the second is recording of Carnegie himself.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-04-11 20:00:03. Advantage title. Harvey, Douglas. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/6578-1/5545703-TheGospelOfWealth.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a6734fc4-4e48-4dcf-bccb-cedbe942c789&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/6578-1/5545703-TheGospelOfWealth.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a6734fc4-4e48-4dcf-bccb-cedbe942c789&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) QS5