The Gospel of Wealth
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie's "Gospel of Wealth" challenges the prevailing view of wealth as personal gain. In an era of burgeoning industrialists, he argued that the wealthy should act as trustees for their communities, redistributing their fortunes for the greater good. This was not charity in the traditional sense but a call for systemic change, where the rich use their resources to uplift society rather than hoard. Carnegie saw this as a moral imperative, believing that true social harmony would come from this new ethic of giving.