The paper this is based on [1] does a good job of spelling out: The instantaneous distribution of money among the agents of a system should not be confused wit

The paper this is based on [1] does a good job of spelling out: The instantaneous distribution of money among the agents of a system should not be confused with the distribution of wealth. The latter also includes material wealth, which is not conserved, and thus may have a different (e.g. power-law) distribution. The simulation might be a good model of how money distribution works, but it doesn't reflect how wealth distribution works. The simulation only works because money can neither be created nor distroyed (in the simulation, at least). Wealth can be so we shouldn't expect the simulation to predict its behavior. [1]: https://physics.umd.edu/~yakovenk/papers/EPJB-17-723-2000.pdf https://physics.umd.edu/~yakovenk/papers/EPJB-17-723-2000.pd...