The Empire of Business


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(4.5 stars; 10 reviews)

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)

Chapitres

I. The Road To Business Success - A Talk To Young Men 25:02 Lu par KevinS
II. The Common Interest of Labour and Capital 32:40 Lu par Michele Fry
III. Thrift As A Duty 7:30 Lu par KevinS
IV. How To Win Fortune 38:32 Lu par Tina Ding
V. Wealth and Its Uses 49:49 Lu par Tina Ding
VI. Anglo-American Trade Relations 22:47 Lu par Michele Fry
VII. Business, Part 1 33:39 Lu par William Allan Jones
VIII. Business Part 2 27:57 Lu par William Allan Jones
IX. The Three-Legged Stool 4:33 Lu par Wayne Cooke
X. Railroads, Past and Present 17:49 Lu par Joanne Turner
XI. Wealth, Part 1 35:45 Lu par Tom Carroll
XII. Wealth, Part 2 32:59 Lu par Tom Carroll
XIII. Labour 44:17 Lu par Michele Fry
XIV. Wages 15:52 Lu par Joanne Turner
XV. Thrift 4:59 Lu par Wayne Cooke
XVI. The Land 19:05 Lu par Danetrain
XVII. Individualism versus Socialism 27:45 Lu par djpentz
XVIII. Variety versus Uniformity 16:20 Lu par dqtcat
XIX. Family Relations 15:27 Lu par dqtcat
XX. The Long March Upward 11:59 Lu par Wayne Cooke
XXI. My Experience with Railway Rates and Rebates 36:02 Lu par Joanne Turner

Critiques

Great book. still relevant in business administration today.


(5 stars)