"This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of wealth: to set an example of modest, unostentatious living... and, after doing so, to consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to administer... in the manner which, in his judgment, is best calculated to produce the most beneficial results for the community." — Andrew Carnegie, "Wealth," 1889
A critic of Carnegie writing in the 1890s would most likely argue that:
- A
Public libraries financed by industrialists harmed civic education
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Workers should set wages and working conditions, not depend on elite charity
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Immigration should be encouraged to expand the philanthropic base
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The federal government had no role in regulating monopolies or banks
Explanation
Labor leaders such as Samuel Gompers and Eugene Debs argued that fair wages and collective bargaining, not paternalistic philanthropy, addressed industrial inequality.