The public-spirited justification of the concentration of wealth offered in “The Gospel of Wealth” has more support in the United States than elsewhere, which reflects Americans’ relatively greater admiration of business people. But Carnegie’s argument never became received doctrine even in America, because most people reject the view that rich business people are smarter and morally superior.
“财富的福音”一文所包含的、为财富集中提出的基于公众精神的理由在美国得到了比其他地方更多的支持。这反映了美国人对工商界人士相对更高的敬重。但是，卡内基的论点即使在美国都从来没有成为广为接受的信念，因为，大多数人拒绝这一观点，即有钱的工商人士更为聪明并在道德上更为高尚。当然，盖茨和巴菲特并不宣称拥有这些东西。