[ippisl]

- Businesses are, in fact, what generates most of the wealth and innovation in a country

wealth and innovation are not the only things worth optimizing , nor are they the most important.

[gaius]

Money, not necessarily. But wealth means "stuff people want".

[ippisl]

according to this definition farmville , booze and cocaine are "wealth". So people who are using those on a daily basis should be considered wealthy ?

on the other hand , aren't good relationships considered wealth by your definition ? Businesses do relatively little to facilitate those(in more primitive societies they still had relationships , and probably at least as good as ours).