"in a vacuum". If gaining more money brings stress/fatigue/conflicts/loss-of-time that isn't perceived by the person to be more worthwhile than the input neede

"in a vacuum". If gaining more money brings stress/fatigue/conflicts/loss-of-time that isn't perceived by the person to be more worthwhile than the input needed to gain the money, then this isn't going to hold. If he could say "give me $XYZ" and our bank accounts magically increased by that amount, no cost, no questions asked, no nothing, then of course we can't have enough money. It's all about the "cost" we pay to trade for that money.