Topic: Andrew Carnegie

Honor in the Dust

The historical lessons of Gregg Jones's exhaustively researched book about the US's campaign in the Philippines deserve to be remembered.

10 best self-help books of all time

From Benjamin Franklin to Norman Vincent Pearle to Stephen Covey, here are 10 of the best self-help books ever written.

As tensions over wealth gap rise, the rich are giving more

The top 50 charitable donors gave more in 2011: Are the super rich feeling the sting of public opinion?

'Prohibition' – so much more than gangsters and flappers

This Sunday (8 to 10 p.m. EDT) Ken Burns turns his prodigious research efforts and illuminating camerawork loose on America's failed attempt to sober up.

Steve Jobs: One of the greatest business leaders?

Steve Jobs was certainly a CEO deserving of his renown, but was he the best?

The politics of being really, really rich

A recent article in The Atlantic about the world's super rich makes it clear that it's an interest in humanity binds the poor to the rich.

Carnegie, Rockefeller, Edison: How they succeeded

Hear from America's first generation of millionaires how they succeeded.

Can Warren Buffett and Bill Gates save the world?

How the Giving Pledge, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett's quest to get billionaires to donate half their wealth to charity, will impact philanthropy and the world's needy.

The obligations of wealth

The wealthy are often targets of jealousy and resentment. Here are some ways to temper such feelings from friends and community members.

'Brain gain' can fuel more start-ups

Start-up companies can give a boost to the US economy by creating millions of jobs, encouraging innovation, and boosting productivity. But how can we increase the number of start-ups?

At the G-20: Pittsburgh, the former 'Steel City,' has chance to shine

Pittsburgh will show a green, high-tech face to its G-20 guests.

If file-sharing is piracy, what about aggregators?

Tax the heirs of the rich (at least of few of them)

Efforts to keep the estate tax would help trim looming US deficits.

The secret literary life of George W. Bush

Name that bat for the holidays

Outliers

Malcolm Gladwell examines patterns in the lives of extraordinary achievers.

Ready for my armload of books

A flood destroyed her beloved town library. But now there's a plan to rebuild.

Cedar Rapids: waiting for our new library

The field narrows for e-books

As Microsoft backs away from digitizing old texts, some worry that a single company could privatize world knowledge.

Arab charity is blooming – no thanks to America

Why doesn't the country that invented modern philanthropy do more to support it in the Middle East?