Global real estate agency Knight Frank LLP is predicting there could be 4,000 billionaires in the world by 2031, up from 3,110 in 2026 (from the Financial Post). The biggest growth is expected in Saudi Arabia. Here in Canada we’ll have, apparently, an increase from 49 to 63. Full disclosure: I won’t be one of them.
While there are those who are insanely rich beyond all reason, I do not consider it innately evil to have a lot of money. One might ask, however, “What are you doing with it?” I suppose that might be considered rude. So would: “How are you managing your stewardship of wealth?”
Nevertheless, I think it’s fair to question the morality of wealth if the presenting mantra is just “Mine, mine, mine,” and “More, more, more.”
You sometimes hear the misquote: “Money is the root of all evil.” The quote is from the Bible, and it’s actually “The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.” It’s fair to recognize you don’t have to have a lot of it to be afflicted with that love.
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