> No, it absolutely does not Of course it does. At any given point in time there is a definite amount of wealth that exists in the world. Back in the stone age

> No, it absolutely does not Of course it does. At any given point in time there is a definite amount of wealth that exists in the world. Back in the stone age at any given point in time, there was a definite value of all the wealth that was controlled by the human species. > You and I live better than the Caesars did in countless ways You are confusing the benefits of technological development with wealth. Caesars also lived better than people in the bronze age. Who in turn lived better than the people in the stone age. That does not change what percentages of the existing wealth of their time they controlled, and as a result, wealth inequality.