Morgan vs Carnegie: He Bought His Rival's Empire for $480 Million
J.P. MORGAN vs CARNEGIE go head to head — and every jab is rooted in real history.
I wrote you a check on a slip of paper and swallowed your steel whole into U.S. Steel; that is the true fundraiser, Andrew.
And I spent the rest of my life giving that fortune back, Pierpont, while you spent yours cornering markets and calling it order.
Someone must be the lender of last resort; in the Panic of '07 I locked the bankers in my library until they saved the nation.
You saved the nation for a fee, Jack, but I built two thousand libraries so no man would ever have to be locked in yours.
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