Carnegie published the “Gospel of Wealth”, in which he said that rich people have “a moral obligation to distribute [their money] in ways that promote the welfare and happiness of the common man” (Bio.com). Carnegie’s way of thinking was that if a rich person dies rich, he/she dies disgraced. He could have easily given his money to charity but he decided to help out the people because he used to be like those people. By the end of his life, Carnegie donated $350 million, which in today’s world it is the equivalent to billions of
Carnegie published the “Gospel of Wealth”, in which he said that rich people have “a moral obligation to distribute [their money] in ways that promote the welfare and happiness of the common man” (Bio.com). Carnegie’s way of thinking was that if a rich person dies rich, he/she dies disgraced. He could have easily given his money to charity but he decided to help out the people because he used to be like those people. By the end of his life, Carnegie donated $350 million, which in today’s world it is the equivalent to billions of