How did Andrew Carnegie express his belief in the Gospel of Wealth?
1 Answer
Andrew Carnegie invested a large portion of his wealth in building public libraries across the United States.
Explanation:
Carnegie in his article the gospel of wealth expressed the responsibility of the wealthy to redistribute their wealth in ways that promoted the public good and would reduce the inequity of wealth in society.
Carnegie felt that free libraries would provide the opportunity for all people poor or wealthy to accumulate knowledge that would lead to a prosperous life style. His libraries are found throughout the United Sates with the biggest in his native city of Pittsburgh. A major portion of Andrew Carnegie's wealth went into building his libraries.
Carnegie did not want to just give money to the poor as a means of redistributing wealth. His gospel of wealth say that the redistribution must be done in a responsible and thoughtful manner. He opposed governmental forced redistribution of wealth. He felt that the wealthy were better able to make good decisions about the redistribution than the government.
In his article he states that the redistribution of wealth must be done in a way that did not encourage sloth, drunkenness and those who were irresponsible.
I feel that Carnegie would approve of Ben Carson and his family and be opposed to the present American well fare system. Ben Carson credits public libraries for his ability to rise above the poverty of his family. Andrew Carnegie acted on his beliefs in the Gospel of Wealth by building libraries.
