I think the problem being addressed in the article is not about wanting to be rich, but rather the question "how much is enough?"
For example, in the movie "Wallstreet", Gordon Gecko gets asked this same question, but he can never truly answer it. If a man who gets to his position, makes millions of dollars, and has the mental capacity to make a ton of business decisions daily, can't answer this simple question- that's definitely a problem.
Surely, for the average person $1.5 million is considered "rich". To keep making money for the sake of making money, is clearly an addiction, which (as mentioned in the article) is supported by our culture of excess.
For example, in the movie "Wallstreet", Gordon Gecko gets asked this same question, but he can never truly answer it. If a man who gets to his position, makes millions of dollars, and has the mental capacity to make a ton of business decisions daily, can't answer this simple question- that's definitely a problem.
Surely, for the average person $1.5 million is considered "rich". To keep making money for the sake of making money, is clearly an addiction, which (as mentioned in the article) is supported by our culture of excess.