: Compare and Contrast the attitudes of three of the following towards the wealth that has been created in the United States during the late 19th century.

In America there has always been differing attitudes towards wealth and the wealthy. People looked upon the wealthy of America with such varying views as envy, disgust, and admiration. Three such people were Andrew Carnegie, Horatio Alger, and Eugene V. Debs. Andrew Carnegie believed the rich had a duty to give back to the world. Horatio Alger wrote that wealth was achieved by virtue, honesty, and industry. Eugene V. Debs had a vehement opposition to the capitalist system and believed that everyone should be an equal, economically as well as politically.
Andrew Carnegie thought that the rich had a duty to give back to the world. His tale was a rags-to-riches story which gave hope to poverty stricken Americans. He was born into a poor family and secured a job at a train station as a young boy. His own initiative took him up the economic ladder until he was the owner of U.S. Steel, the largest steel manufacturer in America. He secured a vertical monopoly on the production ...