Aurelius on Nostr: According to Thorstein Veblen, wealth was historically measured in personal time: ...

According to Thorstein Veblen, wealth was historically measured in personal time: leisure, the ability to let your wife stay at home, the time to study and learn.

Rent seekers and money lenders changed the dialogue, and convinced the world that wealth is things. Your leisure time, it turns out, yields them no interest and no rent.