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How about trudging to work, though? If I get a good job with an employer, does that mean another person doesn't have a shot at that job, at least until I move on? Or could you argue that if I succeed at the job, similar jobs eventually will be created, or that my company will expand and create other jobs with lesser, the same, or greater pay?

One of the earlier comments make the point very well .. it's an equilibrium between value and wealth. Wealth can only be created if you provide a service or commodity of equal value ….. or like you mention above, when you steal someone else's wealth.

Now I am confused. Thanks.

@ Clever Dude: What if a company were to invent an efficient method for growing MORE food, cheaper, using less water, which makes more food available to more people for less money??? Don't exclude the wealth creation involved with new technologies.

That said, there are obviously some limited resources on this planet that are a zero-sum game, but I wouldn't say those limited resources create wealth, but they are probably best described as a store of wealth for some people. And the mining companies that make money, are creating wealth by “finding” and “extracting” these limited resources so they can be usable, not just being paid for the resource itself – our they wouldn't have to do any work (or wealth building) besides just sitting on their land with the minerals/metals contained in it.

I like some limited resources as a store of wealth, but I always invest in the mining operations which help create wealth as well, through exploration and extraction of these resources. – Even better, I like innovative companies that invent or use new technology to solve problems and create wealth for everyone (like the greenhouse growing technique HDVG system employed by Valcent, as just one example, for growing more food in less space with less water for a cheaper price, than has ever been done.) That is wealth creation, and it ain't no zero sum game!!! Win-win!!