The magnitude doesn't matter, it is a qualitatively different phenomenon. This provides a definition of a market distortions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma

The magnitude doesn't matter, it is a qualitatively different phenomenon. This provides a definition of a market distortions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_distortion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_distortion This may help understand why it is defined this particular way and why it excludes inheritance and other wealth transfers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_theorems_of_welfare_economics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_theorems_of_welfar... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_efficiency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_efficiency