Taxation: The People's Business
Nonfiction work
By: Andrew W. Mellon
Date: 1924
Source: Mellon, Andrew W. Taxation: The People's Business. New York: Macmillan, 1924, 9–14.
About the Author: Andrew W. Mellon (1855–1937) was the son of a successful banker. In 1874, he joined his father's banking firm and eight years later became its owner. Mellon exhibited a remarkable ability for investing in promising businesses and was a major shareowner of some of the nation's leading aluminum, coal, and oil businesses. He was also a philanthropist, donating his world-renowned art collection and $10 million to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Introduction
A fiscally conservative Republican, Andrew W. Mellon was the third richest man in the United States, worth an estimated $700 million, or $5.9 billion in 2001 dollars. Despite—;or perhaps because of—;his great wealth, Mellon...
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