The Accumulation of Wealth (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Accumulation of Wealth Why do men accumulate wealth? I shall dismiss without consideration the motive of avarice. Some men become so perverted in their intellectual and moral processes that the mere possession of wealth is for them an absolute end in itself. With them wealth ceases to be a means, an instrumentality, and becomes an ultimate good. But I think that such men are comparatively few, and may be treated as a negligible quantity. Material wealth is a means to other ends, and is so considered by normal men. We speak of a "man of means." The phrase indicates that in the general thought the real good of wealth lies not in itself, but in that which it procures or promotes. It has instrumental value only. I What, then, are those ends which normally function as motives in wealth accumulation? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.