Henry Ford on Abolishing Poverty

Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947), an entrepreneur in the automobile industry, wrote this article at the beginning of the Great Depression. As we debate how to deal with recession during a time when government is increasingly responsible for alleviating poverty, we find it interesting that Henry Ford argued how business can abolish it.

This is a PDF download. You need Acrobat Reader in order to view this file.  Read “Toward Abolishing Poverty,” by Henry Ford and Samuel Crowther. Published August 16, 1930.