The Gilded age was a time of rapid expansion that led to great success of forerunning entrepreneurs. These entrepreneurs were able to seize the opportunities that the changing nation presented in front of them and grow infinitely wealthy from it. Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and R.H. Macy are all individuals who took what America was offering and found a way to produce on a scale that was never done before, leading to large scale success and wealth. These individuals were taking their rights, as Americans, to freedom of business, and restricting or punishing them for being the pioneers in this field would be neither practical nor just. During the Gilded age people were able to dig deep into their niche and find great wealth. They created a vision and did everything in their power to make that vision become a reality. As Henry Demarest Lloyd states in the opening of Wealth against Commonwealth, "Nature is rich; but everywhere man, the heir of nature, is poor. Never in this happy country or elsewhere has there been enough of anything for the people. People during this time wanted more. They wanted more goods at a cheaper price, at a faster rate. Our nation, as a whole, was forever changing and with the help of a few entrepreneurs we were able to take the giant leap forward into our future. Men such as Andrew Carnegie should by no means be punished or restricted in their efforts to propel America into the new industrial era. As Lloyd stated earlier, mankind can never have enough of anything, society was changing and individuals wanted more. The problem was not the businessmen, but rather the new notions in society telling people that the more they had, the better off life would be. America is the land of the free. This is the predominate reason for why the nation is able to have such economic success so early on. The businessmen were given the resources and freedom needed to succeed with their business plans. R. H. Macy failed four times before he was able to create the department store everybody knows today as Macy's. He capitalized on his opportunity and created a department store in New York City, having easy access to roadways, and ports. America promised individuals the right to success. Success was all around for Americans to take, and to restrict or punish businessmen who seized their opportunities of success would go against the pil