[FRIAM] What is Wealth for?

[Frank Wimberly]

If you're affluent someone is wealthy if they have twice a much as you do.
That may seem like a flippant answer but it is evidence based in research
about attitudes about wealth.  The point is that it's difficult to define
wealth, as you imply Merle.

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On Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 7:24 PM Merle Lefkoff <merlelefkoff at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can we please start with how we define "wealth."  Please.
>
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 12:31 PM Steve Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com> wrote:
>
>> Tangenting off of the Great Man discussion, I would like to solicit a
>> discussion on  "What is Wealth for".  I believe we have attended to this
>> on the side many times (I remember a vFriam where it was declared that
>> "Billionaires are Assholes, but Millionaires aren't (necessarily)"?
>>
>> Each of our Great (Wo)Men on the snark/not-snark list share one thing in
>> common, Wealth.   I'd be interested to hear others riff a little more on
>> their taxonomies of "what is Wealth for?"
>>
>> - Steve
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