This topic is disappearing, but I'd still like to address your point. Wealth def. 3b: anything that has utility and is capable of being appropriated or exchang

This topic is disappearing, but I'd still like to address your point. Wealth def. 3b: anything that has utility and is capable of being appropriated or exchanged. Python and emacs fit the definition, but making decisions in a company produces nothing that can be "appropriated or exchanged". Python and emacs are wealth just as much as a screwdriver and hammer are. Also, if 100% of people functioned as scientists or engineers, things (wealth) would still be made. Money is just a claim against the wealth of the nation; just because you can earn more money doesn't mean you've increased the collective wealth.