Limited resources and unlimited desires meet as opposing forces in economies, making conflict inevitable. The war of each against all begins, giving power to those who grab the most. But if economies challenge us to manage creatively what we have, then economies can develop away from scarcity. The Source of Prosperity. If economies thrive on know-how, neither scarcity nor abundance determines economic health.
Prosperity lies elsewhere.
A ready supply of too much money in startups tends to replace creativity. Companies with money buy solutions by buying consultants, lawyers, clever accountants, publicity agents, marketing studies, and on and on. Small businesses, at least entrepreneurial ones, are formed in order to address problems that money alone cannot solve. The same logic applies to national economies. The more resources a nation has, the more it may drift into complacence.