When Mark Zuckerberg recently announced sweeping changes to his company Meta's work practices in anticipation of a <a target= ...

He developed these guidelines for "scientific philanthropy:" Don't spoil your heirs. Carnegie believed inherited wealth spoiled the heirs. "I should as soon leave to my son a curse as the almighty ...

A World of Giving, by Patricia L. Rosenfield, is a very long book that tells a straightforward story of experimentation and evolution in philanthropy. Thoroughly researched and abundantly footnoted, ...

"Would they rather we bought yachts and built mansions?" Andrew Carnegie may have been the pioneer of modern philanthropy, but his generosity was by no means universally appreciated. Conditions in ...

A generous philanthropist, he slashed the wages of the workers who made him rich. One of the captains of industry of 19th century America, Andrew Carnegie helped build the formidable American ...

Zuckerberg defends philanthropy plans What motivates philanthropists? How giving has evolved Businessmen, Mr Carnegie argued, were best placed to do said administering. "The man of wealth thus ...

Young Andrew Carnegie He was heavily influenced by his mother and I think his father played a formative role in the development of his humanity, his philanthropy and his fight against the war.

For a poor, Black son of the South like me, beginning life in Jim Crow’s grip, the haughty, heady world of professional philanthropy might as well have been a different planet. When I first ...

Carnegie saw a special drive in Hill and in 1908 decided that Hill would document all of the strategies that made him a legendary businessman and philanthropist. Together, they helped pioneer the ...

Although he was accused of buying out competitors and depressing wages, many later benefited from his philanthropy. The example of Carnegie can be used to explore many aspects of industrial relations.

Did you know that public libraries were not a part of American culture until 1886? Some may know that the Knox County Library ...