Is wealth is the outward sign of the inward grace?

An interesting piece on Consumerism & plutocracy

" Synopsis: How capitalism, unchecked, eventually leads to plutocracy, globalism and plutocracy destroy individuality and how consumerism has invaded and/or replaced faith, love, skill sets, culture, education and pretty much everything valuable in human life."
https://yourwifeisevolving.wordpress.com/2014/02/21/consumerism-in-a-plutocratic-world/
 This piece introduced me to a new term: plutotheism
Wealth = God.
Perhaps it is a small step from tradition American Christianity to this point,
Re Calvin and Puritans and other Calvinist sects:
"Calvin wrote that "Riches themselves and by their nature are not to be at all condemned; and it is even great blasphemy against God to disapprove of riches, implying that a man who possesses them is thereby corrupted. For where do the riches come from, if not from God?" More succinctly, "Adversity is a sign of God's absence, prosperity of his presence."

The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth by Benjamin M. Friedman (2010)

Related but different;
Another interesting read: http://www.economonitor.com/dolanecon/2013/02/27/understanding-the-plutocrats-talent-vs-capital-the-illusion-of-skill-and-the-winners-curse/

Understanding the Plutocrats: Talent vs. Capital, The Illusion of Skill, and the Winner’s Curse - See more at: http://www.economonitor.com/dolanecon/2013/02/27/understanding-the-plutocrats-talent-vs-capital-the-illusion-of-skill-and-the-winners-curse/#sthash.1AJEvrgn.dpuf

Understanding the Plutocrats: Talent vs. Capital, The Illusion of Skill, and the Winner’s Curse - See more at: http://www.economonitor.com/dolanecon/2013/02/27/understanding-the-plutocrats-talent-vs-capital-the-illusion-of-skill-and-the-winners-curse/#sthash.1AJEvrgn.dpuf

Understanding the Plutocrats: Talent vs. Capital, The Illusion of Skill, and the Winner’s Curse - See more at: http://www.economonitor.com/dolanecon/2013/02/27/understanding-the-plutocrats-talent-vs-capital-the-illusion-of-skill-and-the-winners-curse/#sthash.1AJEvrgn.dpuf