Wealth,
también conocido como The Gospel of
Wealth, es un artículo escrito por Andrew Carnegie en 1889, en el cual
habla sobre la responsabilidad de hacer filantropía, de los nuevos ricos.
Carnegie propuso que la mejor manera de enfrentar la inequidad era redistribuir
las ganancias de una manera responsable. Además criticó la forma tradicional de
heredar la riqueza, argumentando que lo mejor era una administración cuidadosa.
También criticó la extravagancia en los gastos de los ricos, promoviendo en su
lugar la administración cuidadosa del capital para reducir la brecha entre
pobres y ricos.
The problem of
our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood
may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship. The
conditions of human life have not only been changed, but revolutionized, within
the past few hundred years. In former days there was little difference between
the dwelling, dress, food, and environment of the chief and those of his servants. The Indians are
to-day where civilized man then was. When visiting the Sioux, I was led to the
wigwam of the chief. It was just like the others in external appearance, and
even within the difference was trifling between it and those of the poorest of
his braves. The contrast between the palace of the millionaire and the cottage
of the laborer with us to-day measures the change which has come with
civilization.