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How Did Andrew Carnegie Contribute To Capitalism

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North America, the late 19th century also popularly known as the Gilded Age. In era There was a successful business man called Andrew Carnegie. He believed that only hard working people become wealthy and that individual who aren't are slothful. He was a powerful industrialist and a very devoted philanthropist rights activist. Carnegie Steel Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was the name of the successful steel mills he owned and ran. This is where his employees the working men did their labour at. The working men did difficult and back breaking work for little pay; they perceived Andrew Carnegie to be an extreme hypocrite. The working men and Andrew constantly had conflicting views. Carnegie strong philanthropist ideals that he confidence in notion that prosperous humans had various duties so that world can be a better place. One of his beliefs was too not let any single cent of your riches go wasting. It call be left to the families of the decedents; or it can be bequeathed for public purposes; or, finally, it can be administered during their lives by its possessors. Another view he had was to not spend your fortune on wants only your needs. Don’t live a fancy or flashy life treat the money you’ve earned as if …show more content…

In response to Andrew Carnegie’s The Gospel of Wealth labours came out with a prayer by a Workman commonly called A Workingman’s Prayer. This prayer has been used and said by labourers and their families recently throughout the conflict with Carnegie. You have been unjust in reducing the wages of your slaves, who call themselves citizens of the land of the free and the home of the brave... Working men had their salary cut and were paid immensely low for their grueling work. His employees couldn’t even express distress without getting incarcerate. This amplify their discontent even further with Carnegie. Laborers did not agree with Carnegie and publicly disagree with

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