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The Empire of Business

Andrew Carnegie

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Summary

Carnegie collects essays and addresses on business and the economic questions of his time. Topics include paths to business success, thrift, relations between labor and capital, wealth and its uses, trusts, trade, steel production and tariffs. The collection presents his own advice and arguments about industry, opportunity and public responsibility.

  • SourceThe Empire of Business — licensed Cosimo reprint · Publisher description; contents, The Road to Business Success, Common Interest of Labour and Capital, Thrift as a Duty, Wealth and Its Uses, steel/oil/trusts/tariffs; original collection 1902

Why read it Our view

Useful for examining how a founder explains the business and public duties of his own era. Compare Carnegie’s advice about work, wealth and industry with the interests and conditions behind his arguments. Treat the collection as a primary view of his thinking, then decide which questions still fit your business.

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  • Andrew CarnegieAuthor
    Carnegie is the author of this collection of essays and addresses, originally published in 1902. It records his own arguments rather than a later biographer’s account.
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