I don't think it assumes the labor theory. As far as I can tell by reading Altucher, he leans libertarian. If you read carefully, you'll see that the majority o

I don't think it assumes the labor theory. As far as I can tell by reading Altucher, he leans libertarian. If you read carefully, you'll see that the majority of the things he mentions have nothing to do with capitalism, but rather with government and ineffectiveness of management, e.g. bad employees whom you subsidize (your boss might be one of them).