The Empire of Business
Andrew Carnegie
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This collection of essays by Scottish-American steel industrialist Andrew Carnegie, gathered from various periodicals and first published in book form in 1902, provides insight into one of history’s richest and most notable entrepreneurs/philanthropists. Carnegie shares his outlook on the economic situation in America at the turn of the 20th century, the state of the US oil, coal, rail, and steel industries, the relationship between capital and labour, individualism vs. socialism, the public/private sector partnership, the upward climb of humanity into prosperity, the importance of land and population, trade and the best uses of tariffs, etc. He also discusses the personal rewards of hard work, integrity, thrift, how to accumulate wealth, cultivation of the lifelong reading habit, use of libraries, and other advice for achieving success. Included is one of his most famous little essays, "The Three Legged Stool". - Summary by Michele Fry (8 hr 40 min)
Chapters
I. The Road To Business Success - A Talk To Young Men | 25:02 | Read by KevinS |
II. The Common Interest of Labour and Capital | 32:40 | Read by Michele Fry |
III. Thrift As A Duty | 7:30 | Read by KevinS |
IV. How To Win Fortune | 38:32 | Read by Tina Ding |
V. Wealth and Its Uses | 49:49 | Read by Tina Ding |
VI. Anglo-American Trade Relations | 22:47 | Read by Michele Fry |
VII. Business, Part 1 | 33:39 | Read by William Allan Jones |
VIII. Business Part 2 | 27:57 | Read by William Allan Jones |
IX. The Three-Legged Stool | 4:33 | Read by Wayne Cooke |
X. Railroads, Past and Present | 17:49 | Read by Joanne Turner |
XI. Wealth, Part 1 | 35:45 | Read by Tom Carroll |
XII. Wealth, Part 2 | 32:59 | Read by Tom Carroll |
XIII. Labour | 44:17 | Read by Michele Fry |
XIV. Wages | 15:52 | Read by Joanne Turner |
XV. Thrift | 4:59 | Read by Wayne Cooke |
XVI. The Land | 19:05 | Read by Danetrain |
XVII. Individualism versus Socialism | 27:45 | Read by djpentz |
XVIII. Variety versus Uniformity | 16:20 | Read by dqtcat |
XIX. Family Relations | 15:27 | Read by dqtcat |
XX. The Long March Upward | 11:59 | Read by Wayne Cooke |
XXI. My Experience with Railway Rates and Rebates | 36:02 | Read by Joanne Turner |
Reviews
Great book. still relevant in business administration today.
Believe