Good men denied reproduction while mad men produced child after child. The wealth left in the hands of the wicked when the Bible plainly says that the wealth of the unjust should be laid up for the just. They did not realize that we are sent here to affect the world we are in while we wait on the world to come. Whoever writes the check controls the flow. Economy and effectiveness are comrades in society.
Economy rules the globe more than morality.
Whether we approve of it or not, the financial climate has global impact and personal ramifications. The monastic frugalness philosophy served a purpose for the rich and the poor. It comforted those who had never had financial freedom with the privilege of demonizing the unattainable fruit as the forbidden fruit. God wants us frugal and flagellating. It glorified works of men to pay the debt of sin.