This proves that wealth as a metric is imperfect (like any other metric), especially if we are ignoring all other metrics (we're not). In no way it indicates th

This proves that wealth as a metric is imperfect (like any other metric), especially if we are ignoring all other metrics (we're not). In no way it indicates that wealth is useless. Still waiting to hear which metric is more useful. It looks like you brought up life expectancy, but it does correlate with wealth. Unlike wealth, it's is extremely hard to measure due to enormous lag.