Carnegie should not be treated as a hero, nor should he be vilified. Rather, lessons should be taken from his experience that can lead today's industrial and corporate giants to commit to the kind of philanthropy to which he dedicated his latter years through the wages and conditions they provide their employees. Philanthropy through higher wages, safer working conditions, solid benefits, and fair treatment lives up to the admirable legacy of Carnegie while correcting the mistakes that comprised his less positive contributions.
References
1"Andrew Carnegie: The Richest Man in the World." PBS American Experience: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/
2Ibid.
3Johnson, Paul. A History of the American People (New York: 1999), p. 554.
4See Johnson, A History of the American People; PBS American Experience
5Ibid.
6PBS American Experience
7See PBS American Experience; Yellen, Samuel American Labor Struggles (New York, 1998 [1936]).
8Yellen, American Labor Struggles
9Johnson, A History of the American People, p. 568.
10Yellen, American Labor Struggles, p.81.
11Zinn, Howard. A People's History of the United States (New York: 1999 [1980]).
12Johnson, A History of the American People, p. 550.
