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Andrew Carnegie

Scottish-American steel magnate and philanthropist, 1835 to 1919

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Built a steel empire and broke strikes, then gave away most of his fortune, arguing in The Gospel of Wealth that the rich have a duty to use their money for the public good.

Andrew Carnegie sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and centered on liberty and authority. The clearest positions are strongly tech-optimist on technology, strongly free market on economy and leaning growth-first on environment. The profile is close to the middle on liberty and authority.

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Where Andrew Carnegie sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyStrongly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityCentered on liberty and authority
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Andrew Carnegie

Fiscal conservatismPrioritizes low taxes, balanced budgets and limited public debt.93%MinarchismLimits the state to a minimal "night-watchman" role of courts, police and defense.85%Austrian schoolAn economic tradition that stresses individual choice, sound money and skepticism about…84%Classical liberalismIndividual rights, limited government, free markets and the rule of law.84%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Theodore C. Marceau, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.