An increase in the profits of private entrepreneurs is the basis for the increase in collective wealth and prosperity.
Indeed, a successful entrepreneur will probably want to develop its company and add more sites, employ more people, etc...
It means that greed is good, and that by becoming richer I benefit everybody, not just myself. Egoism is altruism.
All this depends, however, on the rich using their profits to open new factories and hire new employees, rather than wasting them on nonproductive activities.
Status:: #wiki/notes/embryo
Plantations:: Capitalism
References:: Sapiens