Great connection. I’d love to extend the rich man parable with a few observations I’ve seen.

The man storing grain for leaner years could be doing this to help others. After all, when famine comes he can then supply the people who don’t have enough. He might even charge a bit more to cover the cost of storage and ensure he can provide the same service next time. An advisor might have even sold him this as a way to help others and help himself.

However, when it comes time to actually sell his goods during a famine, the same advisor tells him to charge as much as he possibly can! After all, money is neutral and just a sign of how much people value things. He ought to charge as much as possible so he has more money to invest and help others… So he does and starts storing more and more coinage.

And while he has helped some, those on the poverty line can’t afford his grain prices.

I have seen some patterns like this in online marketing where gurus start by appealing to our better natures but at some point it just becomes a way to store as much wealth as we can.