Wealth is the problem.
Poverty is the solution.
The Buddha renounced his wealth and took a begging bowl to bring wholeness and harmony to the world. Mahavir, the founder of the Jain religion, did the same. He even renounced the robe in order to teach a way of utter simplicity and total freedom. He asked his disciples to take a vow of poverty. St. Francis of Assisi followed his master and embraced poverty as a way of life so that he would not be distracted by worldly possessions.