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The estate tax, according to America’s first multimillionaire Andrew Carnegie

Posted on July 25, 2012 by mkevane

“By taxing estates heavily at death the State marks its condemnation of the selfish  millionaire’s unworthy life. It is desirable that nations should go much further in this direction.”

See the original article “Wealth” in The North American Review Volume 0148 Issue 391 (June 1889).

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Economist at Santa Clara University and Director of Friends of African Village Libraries.
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