The following is my
answer to a Quora question: “Are the richest people in the world
the most powerful?”
You have got it the other way round. It is the most
powerful who are wealthy, not the wealthiest who are powerful. Wealth is always a consequence of power. Power is not necessarily a consequence of
wealth. The wealthiest people in the
world are powerful precisely because of their power and influence. This affords them opportunities and control of
sections of the economy of nations, which results in them amassing wealth. Wealth is a tool of power. It is spent to buy favours, to garner
influence, and to grant access.
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