> it means that income from their wages is all the income they have. That's clear enough, but income, regardless of source, is already figured into net worth.

> it means that income from their wages is all the income they have. That's clear enough, but income, regardless of source, is already figured into net worth. Whereas the OP seems to be talking about net worth being a bad measure, and instead there's some amorphous "actual worth" that's "stored" somewhere (obviously not in a bank account or other investment).