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This is false. Homeless people without jobs have just as much time as billionaires without jobs. Guess which ones are considered wealthy.

There is a difference, and that is being able to purpose time.

The homeless person is driven by basic needs and wants. The billionaire is not.

A person of modest means, who works very little to meet them has significant wealth.

Off grid type people, who are successful in their investments get the return of time, as another example.

Maybe wealth is the time that's left after you provide yourself with sustained health by buying food, shelter, energy and medicine you need?

Two separate definitions:

* Wealth is the measure of ability to buy people's time and scarce resources

* Wealth is the measure of the ability to do things for their own purpose

I would argue the first one is capital.