We often seem to think that this is a static number or a fixed amount of value. If this were true, for every person or business that earns more profits there would have to be a person or business loosing money. For every gain there would have to be a loss. When you go to a casino, for every dollar won there is a dollar lost. There is no wealth created at a casino.
Casinos simply transfer wealth.
The economic system we have is Capitalism. In this system, wealth is created when something of value is produced. As more physical, consumable or intellectual objects are made, the wealth of the economy increases. When the wealth of a nation increases there is increased economic activity, jobs are created, new businesses are launched and the economic cycle continues. Unfortunately, the playing field is not level in this country or for that matter anywhere else in the world.