“The Gospel of Wealth”, 1889, Andrew Carnegie, is regarded as jump-starting modern philanthropy. Andrew Carnegie image from 3DPrint.com

Andrew Carnegie

The Gospel of Wealth

I’ve learned a great deal from Sam Balter’s excellent piece on Jakob Fugger, indulgences & double-entry book-keeping. A few quibbles, though.

• Were the robber barons: robbers,barons or neither robbers nor barons?
• How wealthy was Mansa Musa of Mali, Solomon or the Nizam of Hyderabad, as compared with Jakob Fugger?

the robber barons of vertical integration like Dale Carnegie

Sam Balter, What I Learned About Business From the Richest Man Who Ever Lived.

Do you mean Andrew Carnegie?

Dale Carnegie was the motivator.

Andrew Carnegie founded US Steel.