16 October 2009

Do I disagree? - re: work

After reading hundreds of pages of his words, I have found a sentence in the works of Szasz that I maybe disagree with.
It is the first and only one so far.

It is:

"...the primary source of wealth is work."

This may in some way be true.
But what about these considerations?

Firstly, without objects and raw materials there can't be wealth.
Secondly, if it is true that work gives wealth, why are people who do little or no work or no real work so wealthy and why are so many people who work so slavishly so poor?
Thirdly,.....