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This 5-page paper, using Alger's "Ragged Dick" and PBS' "The Richest Man in America," outlines the American view of capitalists, both real and imagined.
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the men (because most of them are men) in suits and ties, with poker faces, who make it a habit of pointing fingers at others for their own faults.
Or what might come to mind are the capitalists (both real and imagined) of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. There was
the fictitious "Dick" in Horatio Algers well-known story Ragged Dick. Then there was Andrew Carnegie, who was the topic of a PBS presentation called "The Richest Man in the World."
These two -- the fictional and the real -- have romanticized capitalists of men who are scoundrels, but nonetheless who seem to be forgiven when it comes to making it
to the top because they have charisma and charm. Dick, for example, spends money hand over fist -- as soon as he
can make it, he gets rid of it. Dick is also frequently accused of thievery and other crimes, yet because hes smart and likeable, hes always cleared. This tends to
be in direct contrast with todays capitalists who, to be honest, are neither smart nor likeable. But whats interesting is that
despite Dicks destitute life, he ends up all right in the end. Hes considered the consummate hero, the ideal rags-to-riches boy (or man) who is able to get to where
he wanted to because he is likeable and has experienced many lucky coincidences. In other words, his life seemed touched by magic.
And so, according to PBS, did Andrew Carnegies. Like Dick, Carnegie was a "rags-to-riches" story, another tale about an industrious youth (this time from Scotland) who was, according to Owen
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