I still don't see what's wrong with the dictionary definition. Is there some reason we need a different definition?
American Heritage --- wealth (wĕlth) n. 1.a. An abundance of valuable material possessions or resources; riches: gave his wealth away to charity. b. The state of being rich; affluence: a community of great wealth. 2. Goods and resources having value in terms of exchange or use: the agricultural wealth of the region. 3. A great amount; a profusion: a wealth of advice. Merriam-Webster --- wealth noun \ ˈwelth also ˈweltth \ 1 : abundance of valuable material possessions or resources 2 : abundant supply : profusion 3a : all property that has a money value or an exchangeable value b : all material objects that have economic utility especially : the stock of useful goods having economic value in existence at any one time national wealth 4 obsolete : weal, welfare On 3/18/21 9:42 PM, Pieter Steenekamp wrote: > Let me try a definition of wealth: > > Wealth is that what makes you happy. > > > On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 at 06:01, Merle Lefkoff <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Is the definition of wealth having a lot of whatever the culture values? > (I'm late meeting Nick's challenge to me.) The former Bhutan (it's changing > drastically and rapidly) valued Happiness. It's why their happy people > thought they were wealthy, despite being one of the world's least "developed" > country. (GDP is now rising with outside development of its natural > resources). > -- ↙↙↙ uǝlƃ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/
