CHAPTER 11 There was a VIP named Adam,
2 Who had some big ideas about economics,
3 And a cpen to write them down with,
4 dWhich changed the world.
CHAPTER 21 The way eAdam looked at it,
2 There was something called fcapital that could be very very useful,
3 Meaning that if you had some capital,
4 Like, say, a great big pile of gmoney,
5 You could use it to make things that people wanted or needed,
6 Like, say, hclothes,
7 Out of other things that people didn't want or need quite as much,
8 Like, say, iraw cotton fibers,
9 Which meant that the new things would be more valuable than the things they were made out of,
10 Even when you added in the cost of making the new things out of the other things.
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11 The more Adam thought about it, the more it seemed like he might be onto something,
12 Because the difference between the value of the new thing and the cost of making it,
13 Including the cost of buying the things the new thing was made out of,
14 Was something that didn't exist before,
15 Which meant that it was brand-new value,
16 And should have a jname of its own,
17 Which Adam gave it,
18 And didn't even name it after himself,
19 But called it "wealth" instead.
CHAPTER 31 After thinking about this interesting idea some more,
2 Adam decided that practically everyone could use capital to create wealth,
3 Including individual people,
4 And large groups of people,
5 And even nations,
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