The difference is that consumption shows today's survival, while wealth shows generations of advantage. Our Gini numbers tell me we live in a country where a man like me can sell chai and send a son to Pune, but we cannot, in ten lifetimes, own a piece of land in the city we serve. I see it in my ledger: daily earnings are steady, but the shop's rent increase each year eats what little wealth I try to save.
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