I think there is times where comparing the ratio of economic stock vs. flow, i.e capital to wealth ratios, but yah the billionaire wealth to GDP comparisons just seem silly.
I get what they're trying to say, but it is the weakest way to argue their point.
They're both a measure of 'available' resources at a given time though.
If you deplete one, it’s depleted. The other one is generated next year.