Vanderbilt‚ Rockefeller and Carnegie were all very successful businessmen. These men had many similarities. Vanderbilt‚ Rockefeller and Carnegie are three of the greatest businessmen America has ever known. Each man had a work ethic like no other. Nothing other than success was an option. No matter how big the risk‚ these three men were willing to take it if somehow it would put them ahead of their competition. None of these men liked competition. They always wanted to be the best at what they did
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Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big BusinessHarold C. Livesay said in his book‚ Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business‚ that Carnegie "was a collection of paradoxes‚ this man of American steel-violent and peace-loving‚ ruthless and loyal‚ greedy and generous‚ boastful and diffident‚ vain and doubting‚ brash and shy". Andrew Carnegie was a quite normal in his younger years. He was born on November 25‚ 1835‚ and grew up in the rural town of Dunfermline‚ which was located in Scotland. His family
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PATALINGHUG Competition Policy‚ Technology Policy‚ and Philippine Industrial Competitiveness Epictetus E. Patalinghug Abstract The disappointing performance of the Philippine industrial sector in the past five decades has been attributed to several factors such as the lack of a stable macroeconomic environment‚ poor infrastructure‚ low productivity‚ low savings rate‚ and an overvalued currency. This paper attempts to summarize the link between competition policy‚ technology policy
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While reading the chapter “Why the Rich Are Getting Richer‚ and the Poor‚ Poorer” by Robert Reich in the book The Way Class Works: Readings on School‚ Family‚ and the Economy‚ I can agree with the facts stated as it reflects my own observations of our economy’s current state. Certainly‚ the gap between the rich and the poor is continuously growing‚ and the opportunities available to average workers in the job market are declining. Such reduction of possible job openings largely affects the younger
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Throughout the Article‚ Robert Reich talks about the growing gap between the upper half of society and the lower half of society. The main narrator of this article is the author‚ Robert Reich who is telling a story about America’s social classes. Reich uses a metaphor to explain how the economy is going down and up for the rich and the poor. He says that it’s a boat we’re all in‚ “one sinking rapidly one sinking more slowly and the third rising steadily” (1). Reich is referring to the three social
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Carnegie Mellon is a remarkable school and the amount that the university invests in the students at the school is unbelievable. I visited the school on April 1 and I just loved the campus. It felt like home as I arrived and my whole fear of not liking the school was lifted from my shoulders. I feel like the trip with my family driving to Pittsburgh put me in a better place‚ especially being over five hours from home. That I wouldn’t have any family around just concerned me. When I arrived on campus
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DBQ Andrew Carnegie If you were the richest person in the world what would you do with your money‚ save the economy from going under or simply just walk away. Well Andrew Carnegie was a man of wealth though he didn’t start out like that; he came from a poor family born in November‚ 1835‚ in the attic of the cottage his family lived in‚ in Dunfermline Scotland. He and his family left that cottage in Scotland to come to America in 1848 where at twelve years old he started to work almost
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The industrialists were captains of industry because they Put in time and effort into making the economy stronger and bigger. Captains of industry are considered people who are very high on the social chain. Carnegie & Rockefeller were both considered captains of industry rather than robber barons because they did more good rather than bad. These people benefited society and helped created better or stronger ideas that helped businesses or helped save lives. These industrialists weren’t considered
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How did Carnegie justify the accumulation of wealth? Carnegie believed that people were born with certain attributes that would lead them to be successful in their lifetime. He also mentioned the idea that we as human beings should accept the conditions that are placed in front of us and work around them to achieve the impossible. Also he believed that it is up to one’s ability and energy that will allow them to produce the wealth that they seek for themselves. 2. What are three ways Carnegie suggest
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