Description
In this influential essay, a pioneering industrialist examines the responsibilities that accompany great wealth and argues that fortunes should serve the broader public rather than remain inherited or hoarded. Drawing on the social and economic realities of the Gilded Age, the work explores philanthropy, inequality, individual responsibility, and the proper relationship between private riches and public good. Provocative and enduring, it presents a forceful vision of wealth as a trust to be managed for the advancement of society.
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paperback
Dodo Press
Published Oct 28, 2008
48 pages
ISBN: 9781409942177
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First Published
1889
Language
eng
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